PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coffee drink composition having desirable balance between flavor and taste, with a roast flavor and thick aroma unique to coffee and deep and thick taste with less unpleasant taste left on tongue a coffee drink containing the same a container-packed coffee drink and a method for manufacturing the same.SOLUTION: The coffee drink composition has a correlation between the content of concentration X (ppm) of QAL(quinic acid lactone) and the content Y (ppm) of roasted coffee polyphenol oligomer (RCPO) which satisfies the following expression (1): Y<2.89X+300.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】コーヒーらしいロースト感や重厚な香りさらに深いコクが得られ且つ舌に残る雑味が少ない好ましい香味バランスを具備したコーヒー飲料組成物及びこれを含有したコーヒー飲料、並びに容器詰コーヒー飲料及びその製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】QAL(キナ酸ラクトン)濃度X(ppm)含有量と、焙煎コーヒーポリフェノールオリゴマー(RCPO)の含有量Y(ppm)との相関が下記式(1)を満たすようにコーヒー飲料組成物とする。(式1)Y<2.89X+300【選択図】なし
