The tea i have recieved looks exactly like it looks on this picture. Outside and inside. Except it was packaged even more nice. Has medium size leaf. Nice red color. Little amount goes long way. This is the first time i tried this type of tea so i can't compare except I can tell it had new flavor I never had before. They say drinking Pu-erh Tea is like drinking time. I guess that's was yet. Except I feel like i wanted more " time" in my tea. May be I should go for older tea. Definitely Not disappointed.