Ujeon
Korean green tea variety
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Ujeon (Korean: 우전; Hanja: 雨前; lit. 'pre-rain'), also called cheonmul-cha (첫물차; lit. 'first flush tea'),[1] refers to nokcha (green tea) made of young, tender leaves and buds hand-plucked before gogu ("grain rain", 20–21 April).[2][3] The delicate tea has sweet, soft, and subtle flavor profile,[4] and is best steeped at a temperature of 50 °C (122 °F).[5]
Korean ujeon is equivalent to Chinese mingqian ("pre-Qingming") and Japanese shincha ("new tea").[6]
