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Ujeon
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Ujeon green tea from Hadong County
Type Nokcha (green tea)
Country of origin Korea
Ingredients First-flush tea leaves
Korean name
Hangul
우전
Hanja
雨前
Revised Romanization ujeon
McCune–Reischauer ujŏn
IPA [u.dʑʌn]
Alternative name
Hangul
첫물차
Hanja
--茶
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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