The straw was invented by American Marvin Stone in 1888.

The straw, English straw, or drinking straw, is a cylindrical, hollow plastic product whose main function is to be used to drink from a cup, but also used to suck the marrow of some well-cooked animal long bones. The general diameter of about 0.5cm, but used to suck yogurt, pearl milk tea and other drinks, will use a thicker straw, some have a diameter of 1.2cm.

Some of the more rare, very small diameter straw used for hot drinks. 2020 January, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and the environment issued the "on the further enhancement of the plastic pollution control of the views", the provisions of the 2020 year-end, the countrywide The catering industry banned the use of non-biodegradable disposable plastic straws. Straws are used to apply the principle of atmospheric pressure to suck out some of the air when used against a straw.

Principle of the straw

will cause the pressure inside the tube to become smaller, and in order to balance the air pressure, the atmospheric pressure will force the liquid inside the tube to rise. When you stop inhaling, the liquid in the tube drops and the pressure returns to balance, which is the wonderful principle and application of the straw. After the invention of plastic, because the flexibility of plastic, beautiful than paper straws, so paper straws will be colorful plastic straws replaced.

The straw was invented by American Marvin Stone in 1888, in the 19th century, Americans like to drink cold light wine, in order to avoid the heat in the mouth to reduce the wine's frozen strength, so drink directly without the mouth, and to the hollow natural straw to drink. However, the natural straw was easy to break, and its own flavor would seep into the wine. At that time, the United States has a cigarette manufacturer Marvin Stone, from the cigarette inspired by the manufacture of a paper straw.