COFFEE FLAVOR-IMPARTING AGENT

To provide an agent for imparting a coffee flavor with characteristic coffee fragrance, in particular, rich voluminousness in the middle to last notes of the fragrance and also to provide a food or beverage having a coffee flavor well-balanced with the top note of the fragrance. This problem can be solved by: a powdery or granular coffee flavor-imparting agent characterized by comprising a water-insoluble finely ground roasted coffee bean powder having a median diameter of from 10+/-5 to 30+/-5 [mu]m and coffee oil at a ratio by mass of from 99:1 to 90:10; and a food or beverage having a coffee flavor which contains the coffee flavor-imparting agent. 本发明提供咖啡具有的香味、特别是从中调到尾调的香味的充实感优异的咖啡调味剂，进而提供与前调的香气均衡的咖啡风味饮食品。通过粉状或颗粒状的咖啡调味剂和含有该咖啡调味剂的咖啡风味饮食品能够解决，所述粉状或颗粒状的咖啡调味剂的特征在于，用质量比表示，在99：1～90：10的范围内含有中值直径10±5～30±5μm的水不溶性微粉碎烘焙咖啡豆粉末和咖啡油。