Sejak

{{Short description|Korean green tea}}

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| name = Sejak

| image = Sejak green tea.jpg

| caption = Sejak green tea from Hadong County

| type = Nokcha (green tea)

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| origin = Korea

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| ingredients = Second-flush tea leaves

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| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto

| child = yes

| hangul = 세작

| hanja = 細雀

| ipa = {{IPA|ko|se.dʑak̚|}}

| lk = thin sparrow

| othername1 = Alternate name

| hangul1 = 두물차

| hanja1 = 두물茶

| lk1 = second flush tea

| ipa1 = {{IPA|ko|tu.mul.tɕʰa|}}

| othername2 = Epithet

| hangul2 = 작설

| lk2 = sparrow tongue

| hanja2 = 雀舌

| ipa2 = {{IPA|ko|tɕak.s͈ʌl|}}

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Sejak ({{Korean|hangul=세작|hanja=細雀|lit=thin sparrow}}), also called dumul-cha ({{Korean|hangul=두물차|labels=no|lit=second flush tea}}),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVudAAAAMAAJ|title=The Korean Way of Tea: An Introductory Guide|last1=Brother Anthony of Taizé|last2=Hong|first2=Kyeong-hee|publisher=Seoul Selection|year=2007|isbn=9788991913172|location=Seoul|pages=13|author-link=Brother Anthony}} 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).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHCXDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT81|title=Modern Tea: A Fresh Look at an Ancient Beverage|last=Richardson|first=Lisa Boalt|publisher=Gilbut Publishing|year=2016|isbn=9791160500370|location=Seoul|pages=51|language=ko|translator-last=공|translator-first=민희|script-title=ko:차 상식사전|orig-year=2014}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130614000762|title=Green as far as the eye can see|last=Jackson|first=Julie|date=14 June 2013|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=20 March 2017}} Also called jakseol ({{Korean|hangul=작설|hanja=雀舌|labels=no|lit=sparrow tongue}}) 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 {{convert|60-70|C}}.{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCAOAQAAMAAJ|title=Tradition - The Way of Tea: A Lifestyle Aesthetic for Learning the Depth and Enlightenment of Life|work=Pictorial Korea|publisher=Korean Overseas Culture and Information Service|year=2004|editor-last=Kim|editor-first=Young-mann|page=26|oclc=704162423}}

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