The purpose of the present invention is to reduce a pungent bitter taste originating from caffeine experienced when drinking a caffeine-containing beverage with a pH of 5.0 or higher. This beverage contains 1-150 ppm of caffeine, and contains 40 ppm or more of linalool, 40 ppm or more of geraniol,or 0.4 ppb or more of phenethyl alcohol,or 0.4 ppb or more of phenethyl alcohol, and has a pH of 5.0-8.0.
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