These days, however, tinted sake is not necessarily less appreciated at a national tasting-party for new sake, and the number of sumi-ya workers has long since decreased as the value of filtration has been radically changed.
しかし、昨今は色のついた酒でも全国新酒鑑評会で減点対象にはならなくなり、濾過の意味が根底から変わってきたので、つとに減少の傾向にある。