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I came across this usage of で in
[this](https://japaneseparticlesmaster.xyz/de-in-japanese/) article.

> 彼はお酒を熱燗で飲む  
>  He drinks sake in a hot state.

Is this で the て form of the copula or the particle で?

  * If its the て form of the copula, why is を and not が? What is being coupled? Is it grammatical to basically have the main clause chopped in the middle?

  * If it's the particle で, how could it be that this 熱燗で tells something about the object as opposed to telling something about the verb (i.e. the "limit" within which it applies).
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で used to indicate the state of something
It's the particle で, definition #4 of 格助詞「で」 in 明鏡国語辞典:

> で  
>  〘格助〙  
>  ❹ 動作を行うときの **様態** を表す。  
>  「急ぎ足 **で** 歩く」  
>  「親子 **で** 出席する」  
>  「笑顔 **で** 答える」  
>  「土足 **で** 上がる」

It expresses [様態]{ようたい}, in what manner some action is performed.

It's not the copula だ→で since the sentence cannot be split to ～～熱燗だ+飲む.

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> how could it be that this 熱燗で tells something about the object as opposed to
> telling something about the verb

I see it as more like 熱燗で飲む (how you drink it)...

「ポン酢 **で** いただきます」「[生]{なま} **で** 食べる」などの「で」だと思います。「お肉を低温 **で** 調理する」「ビデオを２倍速
**で** 再生する」なども同じ「で」だと思いますがどうでしょう。
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