Ujeon facts for kids
Ujeon green tea from Hadong County
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Type | Nokcha (green tea) |
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Country of origin | Korea |
Ingredients | First-flush tea leaves |
Korean name | |
Hangul |
우전
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Hanja |
雨前
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Revised Romanization | ujeon |
McCune–Reischauer | ujŏn |
IPA | [u.dʑʌn] |
Alternative name | |
Hangul |
첫물차
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Hanja |
--茶
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Revised Romanization | cheonmul-cha |
McCune–Reischauer | ch'ŏnmul-ch'a |
IPA | [tɕʰʌn.mul.tɕʰa] |
Ujeon (Hangul: 우전; Hanja: 雨前), also called cheonmul-cha (Hangul: 첫물차), refers to nokcha (green tea) made of young, tender leaves and buds hand-plucked before gogu ("grain rain", 20–21 April). The delicate tea has sweet, soft, and subtle flavor profile, and is best steeped at a temperature of 50 °C (122 °F).
Korean ujeon is equivalent to Chinese mingqian ("pre-Qingming") and Japanese shincha ("new tea").
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