Among experienced drinkers, however, many drink sake even in the summer with nurukan (approximately same as body temperature) or atsukan telling "If cooled down, any sake can be thought delicious cheated by the coldness, but, if the temperature is the same as that of the tongue, only really good sake can taste good."
しかし熟練した飲み手のあいだでは、「冷たくすればどんな酒でも、冷たさでごまかされて美味しく感じるが、舌と同じ温度にすれば、本当に美味しい酒しか美味しいと感じられない」として、夏場でも体温とほぼ同じぬる燗や熱燗で飲む者が多い。