Hands still on the side of her pot, sort of to warm her own hands through her gloves. Not like Potions, well...that was a relief since Kurumi rather loathed the subject except for when Lewis was tutoring her so it was nice. Still, Kurumi and her desire for precision also made this a little difficult to stomach.

Hands still on the side of her pot, Kurumi took a peek in to see that the water was just beginning to boil, but hadn't begun to actually bubble. This counted, right? Removing her hands, Kurumi prepared the chrysanthemum and nettle tea leaves and checked them over for anything that might be out of place - like a bug or something - and then added the leaves into the water and let them seep in there for a minute before grabbing a wooden spoon and stirring from time to time as the pot continued to heat up.