茶仪式指的是各种茶文化中衍生出的奉茶之道，尤其指东亚的茶仪式，如中国的茶艺、日本的茶道、朝鲜的茶礼、越南的茶艺等，狭义来看，则是指特定地区的茶文化中，对于喝茶所讲求之各种礼节与进程的专有名词。

茶仪式从享受品茗过程中完善自身修养和表达个人对融合饮茶的艺术、道德、礼仪、哲理、宗教(儒、释、道等等)、文化风俗以及精神意境的演绎，是沏茶品茗之艺术、技术、仪礼与精神体验的结合。各地的茶仪式都有着自己的地区特色，而考古寻源，茶和茶仪式都源于中国，中国很早就有着各种「生、冠、婚、丧」的茶祭仪式和品茶的礼仪，而中国茶艺成熟于唐代，陆羽是中国茶艺的鼻祖，唐代封演所写的《封氏闻见记》中的茶道是指倡导陆羽饮茶之道，陆羽强调「精行俭德」的精神，注重烹茶的条件和方法，并追求怡静舒适的雅趣。

A tea ceremony is a ritualized form of making tea practiced in Asian culture by the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, ******ese, and Vietnamese. The tea ceremony, literally translated as "way of tea" in Japanese, and "art of tea" in Chinese , is a cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of tea. The Japanese tea ceremony is better known, and was influenced by the Chinese tea culture during ancient and medieval times, starting in the 9th century when tea was first introduced to Japan from China. The Vietnamese tea ceremony, also influenced by its Chinese counterpart, is only performed during weddings and other religious rituals. One can also refer to the whole set of rituals, tools, gestures, etc. used in such ceremonies as tea culture. All of these tea ceremonies and rituals contain "an adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday life", as well as refinement, an inner spiritual content, humility, restraint and simplicity "as all arts that partake the extraordinary, an artistic artificiality, abstractness, symbolism and formalism" to one degree or another.