PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cartridge which can allow a coffee drink to be prepared easily, which drink contains high-concentration chlorogenic acids, gives rich sweetness or flavor passing through the nose, is suppressed in miscellaneous tastes and has an excellent balance between taste and flavor.SOLUTION: The cartridge is used for making water pass through a cartridge body to prepare a cup of the coffee drink. The following components (A)-(C) are piled successively in the cartridge body along the water flow direction. The component (A) is a first roasted coffee bean having 20-35 L value. The component (B) is a porous adsorption body. The component (C) is one or more selected from a second roasted coffee bean having the L value lower than that of the first roasted coffee bean and a dried product of the coffee essence obtained from the second roasted coffee bean.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT