{"product_id":"wa-tee-slim-fit-crewneck-heritage-matcha-text-tee","title":"Wa tee 和— Slim Fit Crewneck Heritage Matcha Text Tee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWords a monk wrote 800 years ago, still true.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front stays quiet — just Verde Chāli, small and centered at the chest, the same understated mark that runs through everything we make. Nothing else competes for attention there. The story is saved for the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the shoulders sits a close, textured photograph of matcha powder itself — not styled, not staged, just the fine, uneven grain of ground tea leaf, the way it actually looks before it becomes a drink. Beneath it, two lines of classical Japanese script, rendered in a loose brush-style font that echoes handwritten scroll text:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e茶は養生の仙薬なり\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e延齢の妙術なり\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Tea is the elixir for health, the marvelous art of prolonging life.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese words come from the Kissa Yōjōki (喫茶養生記), written around 1211 by the Zen monk Eisai — the same monk credited with bringing powdered tea culture from China to Japan, laying the groundwork for what would eventually become the tea ceremony. It's considered Japan's first book written specifically about tea, and its central claim, that tea sustains the body and extends life, was radical for its time. Eight centuries later, the claim holds up better than most wellness trends do after eight months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe didn't write these words. We're not the first brand to reference them, and we won't be the last. But they say plainly what we've been trying to say in everything else we make — that stillness and care are not indulgences, they're maintenance. 養 (yō) means to nourish, to cultivate, to tend to something over time rather than fix it once. That's the word we chose for this piece, because a text tee referencing an 800-year-old health text is, itself, a small act of returning to something old and slow in a wardrobe built for speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFabric: 92% cotton, 8% spandex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFabric Thickness: Thin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCare Instructions: Machine wash at 30°C (gentle cycle); Do not bleach; Tumble dry low; Iron at low temperature, avoid ironing on print; Do not dry clean\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes: Minor batch differences can occur during blank garment production due to variations in fabric, dye and processing. This is common in apparel manufacturing, and we work hard to keep every item consistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ODMPOD","offers":[{"title":"Oat Gray \/ S","offer_id":48104477065367,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#007","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Oat Gray \/ M","offer_id":48104477098135,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#008","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Oat Gray \/ L","offer_id":48104477130903,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#009","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Oat Gray \/ XL","offer_id":48104477163671,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#010","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Oat Gray \/ 2XL","offer_id":48104477196439,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#011","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Oat Gray \/ 3XL","offer_id":48104477229207,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#012","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black \/ S","offer_id":48104477261975,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#001","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":48104477294743,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#002","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":48104477327511,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#003","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":48104477360279,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#004","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":48104477393047,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#005","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black \/ 3XL","offer_id":48104477425815,"sku":"260806PODAA8379#006","price":24300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1277\/7879\/files\/a7951c7ee1ea4abaaa272a5d885774cc.png?v=1786027416","url":"https:\/\/verdechali.com\/products\/wa-tee-slim-fit-crewneck-heritage-matcha-text-tee","provider":"Verde Chāli　茶凛","version":"1.0","type":"link"}