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Plastic drinking straws with bellows segment. A drinking straw is a utensil that is intended to carry the contents of a beverage to one's mouth. Disposable straws are commonly made from plastics. However, environmental concerns related to plastic pollution and new regulation have led to rise in reusable and biodegradable straws. Following a ...
Later, Stone developed the modern drinking straw. [2] Prior to Stone's invention, people used natural rye grass straws, which imparted an undesirable grassy flavor in beverages. [ 6 ] To combat the problem, Stone made the first drinking straw prototypes by spiraling a strip of paper around a pencil and gluing it at the ends. [ 7 ]
Spoon straw – A scoop-ended drinking straw intended for slushies and milkshakes. Sporf – A utensil consisting of a spoon on one end, a fork on the other, and edge tines that are sharpened or serrated. Spork – Spoon and fork; Splayd – Spoon and fork and knife; Spife – Spoon and knife. [11]
A bombilla , bomba or massasa is a type of drinking straw, used to drink mate. [1] In metal bombillas, the lower end is perforated and acts as a metal filter which is used to separate the mate infusion from leaves, stems, and other mate debris, and functions in a similar fashion to the perforated metal screen of a teapot . [ 2 ]
Flav-R-Straws were a form of drinking straw with a flavoring included, designed to make drinking milk more pleasant for children. They were first marketed in the United States in 1956 by Flav-R-Straws Inc. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The product became highly successful. [ 3 ]
The page starts with "A drinking straw or drinking tube is a small pipe that allows its user to more conveniently consume a beverage." I am looking for a source that shows the benefits of using a straw, and can't find any. Yet this is here without any citation. How exactly is it more convenient? --83.81.54.75 16:18, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
Child using a drinking straw. Assistive eating devices include devices ranging from low-tech utensils to high-tech powered robotic eating equipment. Low tech eating devices include utensils, plates and bowls with lips that make scooping food easier. Cups and mugs, and even a standard disposable straw can be considered assistive drinking devices.
Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley , oats , rice , rye and wheat .