Ingredients

　　1 cup water

　　2 green tea bags

　　1/4 cup sugar

　　1 pint sake, chilled

　　Bring the water to a boil in a pot, add the tea bags, shut off the heat, and let steep for 2 minutes. Squeeze out the tea bags and discard them. Add the sugar to the brewed tea and swirl it around so it dissolves. Chill the green tea syrup until cold. Mix the sake with the simple syrup and pour it into sake cups.

　　Reprinted with permission from Tyler Florence's Real Kitchen by Tyler Florence. © 2003 Clarkson Potter