Disclosed is a tea beverage packed in a container, which has good flavor and good compositional stability under storage. The beverage is produced by blending a tea extract with another tea extract having a content of a gallate-type catechin in a non-polymeric catechin component of less than 50% by mass. The beverage comprises: (A) 0.072 to 0.4% by mass of a non-polymeric catechin component and (B) 21 to 150 ppm of gallic acid, wherein the contents of a gallate-type catechin and an epi-type catechin in a non-polymeric catechin component are 0 to 50% by mass and 30 to 60% by mass, respectively.本發明提供一種風味及組成之保存安定性良好之容器裝茶飲料。本發明所提供之容器裝茶飲料,其係於茶萃取液中調配非聚合物兒茶素類中沒食子酸酯體兒茶素率小於50質量%之茶萃取物者,其含有:(A)0.072~0.4質量%之非聚合物兒茶素類、及(B)21~150 ppm之沒食子酸,且非聚合物兒茶素類中之沒食子酸酯體兒茶素率為0~50質量%,表體率為30~60質量%。
