We don't call this silver needles ( Ying Zheng ) but Wild Ya Bao or Tea Buds ( Ye Sheng Ya Bao ) ..as vendor states in description later ( I thing the title is misleading )
https://www.rishi-tea.com/product/wild- ... loose-leaf
Also this one, in Yunnan we call it Bai Hao ( white hair ) not a Ying Zhen ( silver needles ) , but of course some vendors adjusting the names in China as well ( I wrote about that in other thread before ) so I guess that one could be within a tolerance. If the buds are hard.
https://www.rishi-tea.com/product/fudin ... /white-tea
Zhen - needle, the tea also contains tips but usually involves many leafs which are rolled in spiky and skinny needle shape like and they are hard ( like needle ). Typical example would be black/ red tea - Song Zhen.
Hao - hair , tea contains only tips ( lower grades might have some leafs ..but then it's disputable if can call "hao" ) and their are soft ( like a hair ) .
But anyway, both are the least processed teas / buds so need to be careful with brewing temp. ( I wouldn't use more than 90C ) . White tea also can age , so if you buy older stuff , need to consider where it was stored before ( not only the vendor's shop ) . Professional vendor if purchased aged tea , would state where tea was previously stored.
If GZ, Fujian .. or other places with higher humidity , the tea tent to turn mushroom "based" flavor and original tea leaf notes are changed to sweet touch ( reaction like when making fermentation ( oxidation ..for those who are for proper terminology ) of shu puerh ) ..basically getting the same affect, but slower ( since no piling in very hot place, as shu is produced )
if KM or similar dry place....tea tends to turn woody "based" flavor and original notes of the leaf are more preserved . In this case it's fruity with sweet&sour taste.
this is just generally speaking because both can be manipulated / adjusted with amount of humidity and air circulation.
In any case , both products are not in group of intensive taste ( if can say like that ) of tea. The taste of Ya Bao is kinda wild forest aroma ( also appears as taste in mouth ) with touch of pine trees. Some of them remind me the scent of melting snow in spring. It's gentle sweet , but not much.
The bai hao is more sweet but also not thick. Wet stored white teas might taste more intensive coz soaked with moister ( it works like boost for the leaf's aroma and taste ) .
So only problem I could see is that the tea was in open air too long and lost the taste. That could happen , but I believe not from the vendors side , it would be more than likely from the supplier's side.
But with all respect to community , as Ethan noted here already : it would be beneficial to be more precise with disappointment rather than expression : " I didn't like it" - that creates vendor's bad feedback which might be just based on not understanding the particular tea rather than low quality of the product.