# What do you drink to sushi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411 "2009-02-18T16:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/1 "2009-02-18T16:45:04Z")
What do you prefer to drink when eating sushi? (Except for water or that soup you get or sake.) We’re making sushi this weekend, but I don’t know what to drink. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/2 "2009-02-18T16:49:06Z")
I always serve beer; a nice, sharp, hoppy Pilsner. Pilsen Urquell works good. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/3 "2009-02-18T16:59:05Z")
Hot or cold tea works well, if you don’t want anything with alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/4 "2009-02-18T17:01:13Z")
Sapporo or Kirin beer or Coke. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/5 "2009-02-18T17:11:38Z")
Green tea. ---
**Author:** ![NicorGasMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@NicorGasMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicorGasMan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/6 "2009-02-18T17:11:43Z")
I really like a semi-sweet white wine like a gewurztraminer or riesling. It especially works well if your sushi is spicy. Make sure you get something with enough acidity and not too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/7 "2009-02-18T17:17:49Z")
beer, pilsner or lager… ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/8 "2009-02-18T17:22:16Z")
I just drink whatever, nothing specific. So usually a soft drink, I guess. I’ve never really considered it. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/9 "2009-02-18T17:52:54Z")
I thought about beer, for myself. I just imagined it’d work. Pilsner Urqurell is tasty. My wife, though, doesn’t like beer (or tea). Perhaps she’ll go with NicorGasMan’s suggestion… ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/10 "2009-02-18T17:55:08Z")
Plum wine. This might make me some kind of philistine; I have no idea. It’s just what I like to have. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/11 "2009-02-18T18:24:03Z")
Green tea. Sometimes I will have a Coke afterward. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/12 "2009-02-18T18:36:00Z")
sake or water. Everything else is just wrong to me. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/13 "2009-02-18T18:47:05Z")
Beer, tea, sake, or water, depending on my mood, and the quality of the joint. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/14 "2009-02-18T18:47:54Z")
Tea is the perfect drink with sushi. I’ll usually order sake too but I’m not really drinking it _with_ the sushi. It more of something to do while waiting for the different dishes to arrive. Tea is what I prefer to drink while the flavor of sushi still lingers in my mouth 🙂 Sapporo and Kirin Ichiban are good too when I’m in the mood for beer. Although, they’re undrinkable when you’re not having sushi. For whatever reason, I can taste some soy sauce in them and it’s a bit disgusting when you’re drinking it just for the sake of drinking beer. Great with the sushi though. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/15 "2009-02-18T18:56:52Z")
Sake, water, or Sapporo. ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/16 "2009-02-18T19:31:50Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Beer, tea, sake, or water, depending on my mood, and the quality of the joint. Smoking with your sushi… I thought we were drinking… ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/17 "2009-02-18T19:34:38Z")
Champagne! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/18 "2009-02-18T20:49:04Z")
Another green tea vote - prevents that middle of the night sushi thirst. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/19 "2009-02-18T21:05:48Z")
I usually have sushi for lunch. So its usually water or green tea. I think an unusual (for over here) fruit juice like lychee might be nice though! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411/20 "2009-02-18T21:08:02Z")
Hot tea (green). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drink-to-sushi/486411.md?page=2)