First Harvest
Ceremonial matcha · shade-grown, stone-milled · 40g
€42
Uji · Japan — a tea house
SENCHA
One bowl. Nothing else.
A concept tea house — nothing here is for sale
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一 I · The Leaf
Three weeks in the shade.
Then the stone mill.
The bushes are covered before harvest, so the leaf grows dark, sweet and slow. It is steamed, dried, and ground between granite stones — one hour for thirty grams.
二 II · The Water
Water at 80°. Never boiling —
boiling burns the leaf.
The kettle is lifted off the boil and left to settle. When the steam softens, the water is ready.
三 III · The Whisk
Whisk the bowl.
Press and move in slow circles over the bowl. The froth rises under your hand.
Drag in circles
四 IV · The Bowl
Turn the bowl twice. Drink in three sips. Say nothing.
The bowl is turned so its face rests toward the guest. What is in it took three weeks of shade, one hour of stone, and a hundred whisks of the wrist.
五 V · The Boutique
Take a bowl home.
Three things only: the leaf, the everyday leaf, and the tools. Nothing else is stocked, because nothing else is needed.
A concept boutique — nothing is for sale. No payment is taken. The bag below simply keeps count, the way a shopkeeper would remember your order.
Daily Bowl
Matcha for every morning · second harvest · 100g
€28
The Bowl Set
One dark ceramic bowl, a bamboo chasen and a chashaku scoop
€86
Mir Labs — Case Study · Concept 11
A tea house that doesn't exist, built like one that does.
SENCHA is an original concept by Mir Labs: one bowl of matcha carried from shaded leaf to whisked froth, with a boutique that keeps count and takes nothing. Every studio build is made this way — one world, one idea, finished properly.
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