KT Shop by Shane & Nicole Kim

KT Shop by Shane & Nicole Kim Mixed couple from Korea and Switzerland, enthusiastic to bring the best Korean tea around the world

Have you ever heard of “Ujeon” before? 🇰🇷
04/10/2026

Have you ever heard of “Ujeon” before? 🇰🇷

Spring doesn’t wait.Korean green tea begins with a very small window of time. As spring moves forward, the leaf changes ...
01/10/2026

Spring doesn’t wait.
Korean green tea begins with a very small window of time. As spring moves forward, the leaf changes and so does the tea.

A Korean tea field changes week by week.
The entire harvesting season is short.
Each stage exists only for a moment before the leaf continues to grow.

This is spring at its beginning.
우전(Ujeon) is harvested before 곡우(Gogu), one of the earliest moments of the Korean tea season.
The leaves are young, tender, and available only in very limited quantities.

This is 세작(Sejak).
Harvested around 8–10 days after 곡우(Gogu).
The leaf has already changed — slightly larger, with a different balance of aroma, sweetness and structure.

It is another moment of the same season.
By May, the leaves become 중작(Jungjak).
Not a different tea plant. Not simply a lower grade.
It is the same field, captured at a later moment in spring.

This is 대작(Daejak) — the season moving forward.
From June onward, the leaves are larger and more mature.
The character becomes stronger, deeper and more everyday.

Time itself limits the tea.
Much of Korean tea is still produced on a small scale and requires significant handwork.
Once that short harvesting window passes,
you cannot simply produce more.

Every harvest is a moment that disappears.
Once the leaf grows, that stage is gone.
Until next spring. Which moment would you want to taste first? 🍃

01/10/2026

14 DAYS TO GO.
The countdown has officially begun.
In just two weeks, our Wagashi Masterclass begins in Zürich — three days dedicated to the art, technique and beauty of Japanese confectionery.

📍 KLEIN16, Zürich
📅 16–18 October

Only 14 days left to reserve your place.
If you’ve been thinking about joining, now is the time.
Reserve your seat before registration closes.

30/09/2026

Tea is not only something we drink.

It is a ritual of slowing down,
noticing,
and returning to ourselves.

A quiet moment, poured into a cup.

30/09/2026

Korean tea is still one of the least explored parts of the tea world.

Not because the culture is new — but because so little of it has travelled beyond Korea.

Behind each tea are small producers, regional styles, seasonal harvests, and techniques that most tea drinkers have never encountered.

That is exactly what we want to share.

One leaf, one region, one story at a time.

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