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Mutan White is a mutated name of Bai Mudan. “Bai” is the romanization of “white”. Bai Mudan is literally White Peony. From the link you have given, and that I was forwarded, it is the description and photo of a medium quality White Peony. You can read more about White Peony at:
In proper and traditional White Peony production, the silvery tips are part of the plucked leaves that make the tea. In another word, they are NOT add-ons from any other thing.
Shui Hsien is an older form of romanization for what today should be spelled as Shuixian. Shuixian is a general description of a certain group of oolongs, the better of which originated in the Wuyi region:
As for the term” Water Sprite”, it is a way to transliterate the term “Shuixian”. It is a very inaccurate transliteration considering the origin of the term refers to a kind of daffodil that is sometimes known as “Chinese Sacred Lily”. People who use the wrong transliteration are obviously ignorant of the true taste nature of the tea and the origin of the name, which you can read about in this link:
You can read more about romanization at this link:
