PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tea beverage being a container-packed tea beverage which contains an amino acid in a high concentration, and in which the smell by heat deterioration, caused by heat sterilization is reduced.SOLUTION: The tea beverage contains &ge40 ppm of the amino acid, &ge150 ppm of caffeine, and &ge50 ppb of furaneol in the tea beverage. Preferably, the content of catechins is &le600 ppm.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT