In her book Green Tea (Harvard Common Press: 2006), gourmet food store co-owner Mary Lou Heiss doesn't include any alcohol in this recipe, but she says it would be tasty with a shot of vodka or light rum in each glass. The flexibility makes it a great beverage for a crowd that includes imbibers and teetotalers and the deep red color makes it a natural for Federal holiday bashes. "The addition of the fruit syrup underscores and enlivens the strawberry flavor," says Heiss, who lives in western Massachusetts but takes frequent tea-sourcing trips to Asia.