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.
