Sejak | |
Type: | Nokcha (green tea) |
Origin: | Korea |
Ingredients: | Second-flush tea leaves |
Korean name | |
Hangul: | 세작 |
Hanja: | 細雀 |
Rr: | sejak |
Mr: | sejak |
Koreanipa: | pronounced as /ko/ |
Othername1: | Alternative name |
Hangul1: | 두물차 |
Hanja1: | 두물茶 |
Rr1: | dumul-cha |
Mr1: | tumul-ch'a |
Koreanipa1: | pronounced as /ko/ |
Othername2: | Epithet |
Hangul2: | 작설 |
Hanja2: | 雀舌 |
Rr2: | jakseol |
Mr2: | chaksŏl |
Koreanipa2: | pronounced as /ko/ |
Sejak, also called dumul-cha,[1] 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).[2] [3] Also called jakseol 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 .[4]