What's the deal with green tea and why is it so popular? Three Kyodo News reporters -- Eduardo Martinez, Junko Horiuchi and Donican Lam -- talk about the Japanese government mulling the idea of exploiting the popularity of matcha to boost green tea exports. But what is matcha, and why is it so popular? They also discuss the reasons behind the decline in consumption of traditional green tea.Article mentioned in the podcast:Japan looks to cash in on matcha boom to boost green tea exportsKyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how…READ FULL ARTICLE