People often talk about swapping out plastic straws for other materials to help the ocean/fish and the environment, but they also complain about paper straws falling apart easily. Other alternatives that are slightly more sturdy like straws made of straw don’t seem very common.
But do we even need straws? My first reaction was that any liquid can be drunk directly from the vessel it’s in, and straws just add another level of convenience. If we don’t want to use plastic straws and the alternatives mostly suck (actually all straws suck 🤓), why not just ditch straws entirely?
One more is for drinks with ice. I understand ice in drinks it’s common all over the world, but it is in the US. A straw let’s you get the drink without the ice. Drinking it right from the cup can be a problem. After a little while the ice forms into a big clump and sticks in the bottom and when you take a drink it will sometimes stay there, but other times it will break free and fly at your face. I normally order my drinks without ice for this reason. I hate trying to take a drink and the whole time I’m worried about the ice smashing me in the face, so I’m watching for any signs of movement so I can quickly put it down. There is also the issue of trying to get the drink without the nice when there are some free floating ice. Usually a person ends up having to chew some cubes here and there if they don’t want to spit them out like an animal. It’s not a big problem, but it’s a problem none the less.