Incorporating Chinese Tea Ceremony & Catholic Ceremony

Yes, tea ceremonies are usually in the morning, but there is nothing saying that they can't be late morning or early afternoon. In my family we even continue into the evening if older relatives couldn't be there in the early morning. If you are doing the ceremony for both families in the same space then you could have the tea ceremony right after the Catholic ceremony (isn't there usually a gap between Catholic ceremonies and the reception?). Unless you also want to incorporate the door games, I think this would make the most sense.

We're not doing a formal, separate tea ceremony. Instead, we're going to serve tea during our western ceremony. It's a non-religious ceremony so we can do whatever we want 😜 and we've removed other fluff in order to accommodate the extra 5 minutes it'll take for tea. We're doing this partially because we plan on doing an entirely separate Chinese ceremony in China (someday....) when his entire family and their friends can be there. That celebration can have everything be done traditionally and in order, so serving the tea on our real wedding day is more about honoring their traditions rather than doing it 100% properly. If I were you, I might consider doing it after the catholic church ceremony!

I've seen a lot of people who will do the tea ceremony really early morning if that helps out your schedule better?

e.g. 8AM or 9AM tea ceremony and then you can do like a later morning catholic ceremony [or vice versa]

I am considering doing the tea ceremony as well! I don't think I am going to do a full traditional ceremony though. I do not like kneeling, I don't want my FH to kneel either, I don't think his family (American) will take it well without knowing the tradition. I know what kneeling means, but others may see it differently.

What I am thinking of doing is instead of Sand Ceremony or Unity Candle Ceremony we would do tea instead. 2 pots of tea, 4 serving cups. Pour at the same time and serve to the parents without kneeling.