Huzza!
Finally got through the attic taste! Too tired to write anything worth while but how I “fixed” the tea was breaking it up to little sample size chunks and leaving it in a humid (75%) container for a week or so. It was not terribly complex nor did I get any of the intriguing sherry, red fruit flavors this time but Im happy to say it does not taste of dusty attic either. I am willing to amp up the steep time and leaf next session to see if I can coax anything pleasant out of it, all I tasted this time around was ever so slightly fruity old book but in a nice way.
My standard reference point for aged puer and I will except nothing less.
Hmm.