Begin with what is missing
The honest way to begin any care guide for this label is on an absence. No washing or care instructions are given anywhere by That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup: not on the product pages, not in a care section, not in a policy page. You have no global reference document to fall back on, because its two size-chart pages load without any chart or care content at all. The FAQ does exist, but it covers payments, shipping and desto dubb hoodie refunds, and stops there. Since the brand has given none, none of what follows can be presented as the brand’s instruction. The fabric weights and constructions the brand does publish are what the general garment-care practice below is written for, and it is kept clearly separated from the handful of things the brand actually states.
What the brand does publish, one fabric at a time
Detailed specifications make the silence on care more noticeable. Given as 6.5 oz, 100 percent organic cotton in a relaxed fit, the classic tees sit at about $150 at the brand’s own store as of September 2026. 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles, is the Classic Cough Syrup Hoodie, at about $200 on the same date, and prices do change. The classic sweatpants are a 14 oz fleece published as 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts are cut from 14 oz denim, garment-dyed by what the brand calls a double dye process to mimic sun-fading. A 65/35 cotton-polyester blend covers the Dickies pieces, and garments carry the signature yellow woven label.
The organic cotton jersey
This is the cloth behind most cough syrup clothing you are likely to own, and it is the best documented of the lot. The composition, 100 percent organic cotton, the weight, 6.5 oz, a relaxed cut and jumbo screen prints front and back: all of that the brand states. The fabric has already been through water before it reached you in some lighter styles, which are described as cotton jersey that has been rinsed for a vintage feel. Nothing is published by the brand on wash temperature, cycle, drying or ironing for any of it. General practice with a mid-weight cotton jersey carrying a large print is a cool wash, inside out, gentle drying, and no direct heat at the print. Routine handling for that fabric and construction is all that is, not something the label has told anyone to do.
Heavyweight cotton and fleece
The heavy end of the range holds two pieces. Unusually heavy for a hood, the awful lot of cough syrup hoodie in the classic cut is published as 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles. At 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester, the sweatpants are a 14 oz fleece, with the logo screen printed across the front and up the back legs. Not one of the two comes with a published wash instruction, a shrinkage note or a drying recommendation. A cool wash, a gentle cycle to protect the loft, and drying flat or on low heat is general practice for heavy cotton fleece, because dense fabrics take their shape from how they dry. Cold water and separate washing while colour settles would ordinarily be warranted by a hand-dyed piece, though the brand specifies none of it.
Denim, raw and dyed
The denim is the most interesting case and the least documented. About the Double Cup Cargo Shorts the brand publishes the weight, 14 oz, the finish, garment-dyed by a double dye process meant to mimic sun-fading, and a custom leather patch. What it does not publish is whether that denim is raw or pre-washed, whether it will shrink, or whether the dye will transfer to lighter fabrics or to upholstery. That last question counts with any garment-dyed indigo or overdyed piece, and no answer exists on the site. Washing rarely, inside out, in cold water with like colours, and air-drying rather than machine-drying is general practice with heavy dyed denim. That is, again, the usual way heavy dyed denim is handled, not an instruction from the brand.
Cotton-poly workwear pieces
Thanks to the polyester content, the Dickies line works differently from everything else here. The classic workwear ratio, and the most forgiving fabric here, is the published blend of 65 percent cotton and 35 percent polyester across the work shirt and the lined jacket. Workwear has used them for decades because such blends are more stable than pure cotton, less prone to shrinking and quicker to dry. The brand publishes the blend and the construction, right down to the pencil pocket on the jacket sleeve, but no care guidance whatsoever. A warm or cool machine wash and a low drying heat is general practice for a 65/35 shirt, since high heat is harder on polyester than on cotton. Lined outerwear is often handled professionally rather than at home, and a fully lined jacket is a different proposition.
On the screen-printed graphics
The prints warrant separate treatment because they are the reason most people bought the garment. In its own copy the brand describes jumbo screen prints at front and back, artwork screen-printed in Los Angeles, and water-based screen printing on some of the lighter tees. Water-based inks sit into the fabric rather than on top of it and feel softer, thicker prints sit on the surface, and the brand does not label which pieces use which. On whether a print should be washed inside out, ironed over or tumble dried, the brand publishes nothing at all. General practice for a large screen print is to turn the garment inside out, keep the water cool, skip the dryer where possible, and never press a hot iron onto the print. Cracked or faded artwork is the usual result of heat, and heat is the one variable you control entirely.
The things nobody writes down, and storage
Since the physics are the same for everyone, the absence of published guidance matters least with storage. Folding is the usual recommendation, since heavy knits behave badly on hangers: a 16 oz hoodie or a 14 oz fleece can stretch its own shoulders over months. Lighter tees are fine on a hanger, though a crowded rail creases prints along fold lines that can become permanent. Folded, or hung by the waistband away from direct sunlight, is where denim is happiest, since light will fade a dyed finish unevenly. The real enemy across all of it is damp, which nothing about alocs clothing changes. What is written here is not brand guidance but ordinary practice for those weights, and it is worth saying plainly because the brand says nothing.
One table holding the whole picture
What the table does is keep apart the two categories that matter here. One column holds what the brand actually publishes, a useful set of facts about weight and composition. Another carries general practice for that fabric, drawn from how such fabrics are normally handled and not from the label. Since knowing what has not been answered is as useful as knowing what has, the last column names the gap. Searchers who type thats a awful lot of cough syrup looking for a wash symbol will find the same emptiness described here. Any care chart attributed to this brand elsewhere should be read as somebody’s reconstruction, not a published document.
| The cloth | What the brand states | Usual general practice for that fabric | What the brand does not publish |
|---|---|---|---|
| The organic cotton jersey | 6.5 oz organic cotton, relaxed fit and jumbo prints | A cool wash, inside out, with gentle drying | Temperature, cycle, shrinkage or ironing |
| Heavy cotton and fleece | 16 oz cotton hoodie, hand-dyed; 14 oz 80/20 fleece | Cool gentle wash, dry flat or low heat | Anything on hand-dye colour settling |
| Denim | 14 oz, garment-dyed, and a leather patch | Wash rarely, cold, inside out, and air-dry | Raw or pre-washed, shrinkage, dye transfer |
| The cotton-poly workwear | 65 percent cotton and 35 percent polyester | Warm or cool wash, with low drying heat | Care of the lined jacket |
| Screen-printed graphics | Screen-printed in Los Angeles, some water-based ink | Inside out, cool water, never a direct iron | Ink type per garment, plus heat tolerance |
Getting on with the gap
Against the clothes this is no argument at all. A 16 oz hoodie and 14 oz denim are substantial garments, and the published specifications are better than many labels bother with. Specification and care are two different documents, and here only one of them exists, which is the gap. Ask at the brand’s own store, or at its locations in Los Angeles and Houston, if a definitive answer matters, and that answer beats anything inferred from a fabric weight. Until then the sensible position on any awful lot of cough syrup piece is caution: cool water, low heat, inside out, plus patience with a garment hand-dyed and screen-printed rather than mass-finished. General practice is what has been speaking throughout, and it should be read that way.