PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaged barley tea beverage having sweetness and fragrance specific to barley, also free from occurrence of lees and maintaining the fragrance even when stored for a long period of time, suitable for long storage, and capable of being distributed.SOLUTION: The packaged barley tea beverage satisfies the following equations (1)-(3) when the amount of maltose is Ma (mg/L), the amount of starch is St (mg/100mL), the amount of &beta glucan is bg (mg/100mL), and Brix is Bx (%): (1) 200<(St+bg)/Bx, (2) 3.0