Provided are a beverage having an unprecedented preferred aroma, and a method of improving an aroma of a beverage. The beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention has: a geranic acid content of 40 ppb or more； and a ratio of the geranic acid content to a geraniol content of 1.8 or more and 150.0 or less. The method of improving an aroma of a beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: adjusting a geranic acid content of a beverage to 40 ppb or more； and adjusting a ratio of the geranic acid content to a geraniol content of the beverage to 1.8 or more and 150.0 or less.
