PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make bitterness of coffee-containing beverage containing a coffee extract more mild.SOLUTION: The coffee-containing beverage contains a coffee extract. The coffee extract to which ultra pure water is added and whose Brix value is adjusted to 1.0, is configured so that, a ratio Cq/Ctotal×100 of quinic acid with respect to a total amount Ctotal of contents of phosphoric acid, citric acid, pyruvic acid, malic acid, quinic acid, succinic acid, lactic acid, formic acid, acetic acid, and pyroglutamic acid, is 46 mass% or less.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】コーヒー抽出液を含むコーヒー含有飲料の苦みをよりまろやかにする。【解決手段】コーヒー含有飲料は、コーヒー抽出液を含み、超純水を添加してBrix値を1.0に調整した前記コーヒー抽出液は、リン酸、クエン酸、ピルビン酸、リンゴ酸、キナ酸、コハク酸、乳酸、ギ酸、酢酸、およびピログルタミン酸の含有量の合計Ctotalに対するキナ酸の含有量Cqの割合Cq/Ctotal×100が46重量%以下である。【選択図】なし
