Most Japanese women prefer to drink green tea rather than soda. This is good for their health but bad for soda companies.
But then big business had a cunning plan…..
Green Tea Coke
On June 8th, Coca-Cola Plus Green Tea Flavor appeared in stores across Japan.
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…but coke produces one of the biggest sellers in the green tea market (helps that they also own a huge percentage of the vending machines as well).
Like the ‘Guitar Samurai’ of yester-year, I can imagine this one just fading away. Zan Nen.