Provided is a roasted green tea beverage packed in a container, which has a noticeable roasted aroma and a rich, astringent and yet light flavor and tastes good even in a cold state. The roasted green tea beverage packed in a container is characterized by: the caffeine concentration being less than 90 ppm the concentration of saccharides, i.e., the sum of reducing saccharides and non-reducing saccharides, being 60-220 ppm the ratio of the non-reducing saccharide concentration to the reducing saccharide concentration (non-reducing saccharides/reducing saccharides) being 5.0-15.0 the gallic acid concentration being 20-80 ppm and the pH being 5.5-6.3.提供一具有顯著的焙煎香、濃郁之澀味,同時亦具有清淡之口味,且即使是已冷卻之狀態也能美味地飲用之裝於容器中之焙茶飲料。本發明之裝於容器中之焙茶飲料,其特徵係咖啡因濃度為未滿90ppm、還原糖與非還原糖之合計糖類之濃度為60ppm~220ppm、相對於還原糖濃度之非還原糖濃度之比率(非還原糖/還原糖)為5.0~15.0、沒食子酸濃度為20ppm~80ppm、pH為5.5~6.3。
