The sprint is over and the pull requests are merged. A retrospective is the short meeting in which a team asks what went well, what hurt and what to change. Retrospective with Tea is the gentle version: no blame, no performance, just an honest review over something warm.

Leave with two or three actions, each with an owner and a date. Follow up at the next one, because a retro that produces lists nobody revisits teaches people to stop talking. In an async team, collect the notes beforehand and use the call for decisions.