A purified green tea extract is improved in bitterness and aftertaste.
The purified green tea extract, which comprises satisfying the following
conditions: (1) a ratio of a sum of content weights of (A) myricetin,
(B) quercetin and (C) kaempferol to a sum of content weights of (D)
epigallocatechin gallate and (E) gallocatechingallate,
((A)+(B)+(C))/((D)+(E)), is from 0.0000001 to 0.010, (2) a sum of content
weights of (D) the epigallocatechin gallate and (E) the gallocatechin
gallate in non-polymer catechins, ((D)+(E))), is from 0.01 to 29 wt %,
and (3) a percentage of gallate body in the non-polymer catechins is from
0.01 to 49 wt %.