Disclosed is a container-packed black coffee beverage which has an excellent hypertension ameliorating effect and can be ingested in an ordinary manner. A container-packed black coffee satisfying the following requirements (A) to (C): (A) a chlorogenic acid: 0.01 to 1% by mass； (B) hydroxyhydroquinone: 0.1% by mass or less relative to the mass of the chlorogenic acid； and (C) the chlorogenic acid/a coffee solid content ≧0.025 (by mass).
