Yeosu Sea-Wind Mugwort · Caffeine-Free
The pause
before the cup.
SSOOKK is a slow ritual brewed from young mugwort grown along the coasts of Yeosu, where sea wind and minerals ripen each leaf for years before it ever reaches your hands.
For the U.S. tea drinker
Matcha wakes you.
Ssook lets you rest.
Both leaves are stone-ground. Both are ceremonial. The difference is what you ask of the cup. Ssook is the caffeine-free counterpart, the green you can drink at 9 p.m. and still meet your sleep.
Japanese ceremonial green
Matcha
Caffeine
≈70mg
Mood
Awake
Time
AM
Korean Yeosu mugwort
Ssook
Caffeine
0mg
Mood
Rested
Time
PM
≈ 70 mg per cup · awake & alert
0 mg · caffeine-free, anytime
Stimulating, focus-forward
Grounding, deeply calming
Tencha leaf, shade-grown
Yeosu sea-wind mugwort, slow-aged
Vivid jade green
Soft amber & warm green
Morning · pre-workout
Late afternoon · before sleep
Chasen whisk, 30 seconds
Steep, breathe, three minutes
If matcha is sunrise, ssook is the long, blue hour after dinner.
— SSOOKK Tea Lab, Seoul
Two pillars · One leaf
Drink it. Wear it.
Both are the same pause.
Food Line · 마시는 쑥
Tea you brew slowly.
Three cuts of Yeosu sea-wind mugwort, leaf tea, fine matcha-style stone-ground, and amber concentrate sticks. Caffeine-free, brewed for the late, quiet hour.
Beauty Line · 바르는 쑥
Skin you let rest.
Mugwort-fermented serum, balm and mist. EWG green grade, vegan, layered for the three-minute pause between cleanse and bed.
Skin Tea-time · 三分
Three minutes
to pour. Three to wake the skin.
The same patient ratio runs through every SSOOKK ritual. Brew the tea. Layer the skincare. Both finish on the same breath.
00:00 — 01:00
Pour
Warm water at 80°. Yeosu leaf hits the cup; the room slows by half a beat.
01:00 — 02:00
Steep
Aged mugwort opens, amber, herbaceous, no caffeine. Mist serum on bare skin.
02:00 — 03:00
Rest
Three breaths in, three out. Tap balm onto the brow. The day finally exhales.
The Ssookk letter
A slow letter,
for the long blue hour.
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