Ujeon

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]

Ujeon

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
RR	ujeon
MR	ujŏn
IPA	[u.dʑʌn]
Alternative name
Hangul	첫물차
Hanja	첫물茶
RR	cheonmulcha
MR	ch'ŏnmulch'a
IPA	[tɕʰʌn.mul.tɕʰa]

Korean ujeon is equivalent to Chinese mingqian ("pre-Qingming") and Japanese shincha ("new tea").^[6]