Disclosed is a green tea beverage packed in a container which has a strong fire odor (savory odor), yet gives a refreshing aftertaste and can be drunk delectably even in a cold state. Specifically disclosed is a green tea beverage packed in a container characterized in that the saccharide concentration thereof, which is the sum of the monosaccharide concentration and the disaccharide concentration, is 100 to 300 ppm and the ratio of the disaccharide concentration to the monosaccharide concentration (disaccharides/monosaccharides) is 10 to 28. It is preferred that the ratio of catechins with electron localization to said saccharide concentration (catechins with electron localization/saccharides) is 1.0 to 2.5.
