TEA BEVERAGE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME

摘要

Provided is a bottled tea beverage that has improved drinkability and that contains (A) a non-polymerized catechin, (B) a polymerized catechin, and (C) caffeine, wherein: the weight-based contents of (A), (B), and (C) per 100 mL of bottled beverage satisfy (1) (A)+(B) = 10 to 50 mg and (2) (C) = 6.5 to 29 mg; the non-polymerized catechin (A) includes (A1) an ester-type catechin; and the content ratio of the ester-type catechin (A1) satisfies (3) (C)/((A1)+(B)) = 0.5 to 1.3.