| stage | plan |
| お白湯 | (plain water if nothing special) |
| 軸 | |
| 棚 | (if using; then also decide on 蓋置 and 水次) |
| 釜 | (and 風炉 or 炉縁) |
| 炭道具 | (香合, 炭斗) |
| 味噌汁 | (some seasonal ingredient that pairs with 味噌) |
| 向付 | (dish, and some light ingredient that makes a good start; usually 刺身 with some accent ingredient) |
| 酒 | |
| 碗物 | (here, I find the 懐石 recipes too odd, so just a stately ingredient that can be cooked with some support vegetable. Citrus peel or 木の芽) |
| 焼物 | (easy, if you can't think of anything, just do grilled salmon) |
| 箸洗 | (if there's nothing that's seasonally particularly suitable, add a few pine nuts or a bit of 梅干) |
| 八寸 | (seasonal apéro nibbles, something from the water is usually harder to find) |
| 香の物 | (I like to recycle ingredients from above here) |
| 主菓子 | |
| 中立 | (I don't have a gong, so find something appropriate instead) |
| 濃茶 | (if there's something special) |
| 茶入 | (I like to make a set of 御銘 with the 茶碗 and the 茶杓) |
| 茶碗 | |
| 茶杓 | |
| 水指 | |
| 建水 | |
| 煙草盆 | |
| 干菓子 | (two types; again, I like to recycle something from the 懐石) |
| 薄茶 | |
| 薄茶器 | |
| 薄茶碗 | |
| 薄茶杓 | (with a lighter name) |