Sips: Remedy for the summer heat

Green tea is served in many ways now: flavored green tea, green tea extract, green tea pills, green tea candy and even green tea ice cream. Now you can add “green tea cocktail” to the list. Rock-n-Sake, on Perkins Road by the overpass, serves a delicate cocktail called the Green-Teani ($10). Don’t be fooled! It may look like a margarita, but the comparison stops there. The premium sake gives it an exotic kick, but it has a neutral flavor from the Charbay Green Tea Vodka and fresh-brewed green tea. Compared to other cocktails, it can seem “bland,” so you can ask for a little more lemon and simple syrup. But the neutral flavor perfectly complements sushi with raw fish. It’s a good sunrise to the California Sunset roll ($11.50). If tea isn’t your thing, then try out the other sake cocktails, such as Tiger-tini ($8) and Pom-Punch ($10), which have fruitier flavors. Some people use green tea for medicinal purposes, like losing weight or cleansing the body, but the Green-Teani is a remedy for the summer heat.