Tea is taken simply as an example, everything said will apply to any action, any activity. In the ordinary state of consciousness, the very actions of making tea are absolutely unimportant.
They are considered only as intermediate steps to achieving the goal, in this case - drinking a cup of tea. And so the quality of what you are doing decreases. The importance of the process itself is reduced by the fact that you are concerned only with achieving the goal, and the doing itself is beyond your attention. You don't pay attention to the cup and teapot, they are just tools for you. You don't need them, you need to get tea. And this is often stressful as you strive to get your tea as quickly as possible.
Zen Buddhism has the famous saying “hurry slowly,” and this is the surest way to take action, be it making tea or something else. It doesn't even mean that you have to do everything in slow motion. But be aware with every action - enjoy the very process of making tea, without expecting to enjoy its taste. If you compare how long it takes you to brew tea and how long it takes to drink it, you will understand that there is no need to waste precious preparation time for the sake of future enjoyment of a drink that lasts very little, if at all.
So, you can make yourself a cup of tea consciously, paying attention to the heating water, the very sound that is born at the same time, then looking at the cup, that is, being present in the present moment and enjoying the very doing. And water itself is an incredible, wonderful substance!
Now about another important point. The attention we give to anything is a form of love. If you pay true attention to something or someone, this, ultimately, is love in the deepest sense of the word, it is an outpouring energy, an energy that connects you to what you direct your attention to. Animals love it, and even plants love attention, they react to the human energy field. They love getting attention. And attention - I repeat again - is a form of love.
If you pay more attention to something that is inseparable from the present moment, you are more living in the present.
And then you don't make the goal you want to achieve the main one for yourself. Then doing itself becomes fulfilled for you. The deeper you are in presence, the more enjoyable any action you perform will be for you.