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Sejak
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Sejak green tea from Hadong County
Type Nokcha (green tea)
Country of origin Korea
Ingredients Second-flush tea leaves
Korean name
Hangul
세작
Hanja
細雀
Revised Romanization sejak
McCune–Reischauer sejak
IPA [se.dʑak̚]
Alternative name
Hangul
두물차
Hanja
--茶
Revised Romanization dumul-cha
McCune–Reischauer tumul-ch'a
IPA [tu.mul.tɕʰa]
Epithet
Hangul
작설
Hanja
雀舌
Revised Romanization jakseol
McCune–Reischauer chaksŏl
IPA [tɕak.s͈ʌl]

Sejak (Hangul: 세작; Hanja: 細雀), also called dumul-cha (Hangul: 두물차), refers to nokcha (green tea) made of young, tender leaves and buds hand-plucked after gogu ("grain rain", 20–21 April) but before ipha ("advent of summer", 5–6 May). Also called jakseol (Hangul: 작설; Hanja: 雀舌) as the tea leaves are plucked when they are about the size of a sparrow's tongue, sejak is best steeped at a temperature of 60–70 °C (140–158 °F).

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