Provided is a coffee beverage in which off-flavors have been reduced and bitterness dissipates well, and which has a favorable retronasal aroma. This coffee beverage comprises Components (A) and (B): (A) less than 0.1 ppm by mass of acetylmethyl pyrrole (B) dicaffeoyl quinic acids and the mass ratio [(A)/(B)] of Component (A) to Component (B) is not more than 0.00055.本發明之咖啡飲料包含以下成分(A)及(B):(A)乙醯基甲基吡咯:未達0.1質量ppm、(B)二咖啡醯奎尼酸類,且成分(A)與成分(B)之質量比[(A)/(B)]為0.00055以下,且成分(B)之含量為30~300質量ppm。