It may harken back to the day when the Israelistes were slaves for the Pharoh and he increased their quota of bricks to make and withheld the important component of straw. I imagine the slaves had to procure the necessary straw through a straw purchase, since they could not purchase the straw for making the bricks. That is my guess until a better one comes along.
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Chianti Classico Raffino had the straw around the flask
The power of suction is what is demonstrated by water moving up a straw. When you suck through a straw, the water has nowhere to go but up.
There are many different straws in the world with different properties. Each straw for example will have a slightly different density.
It would be more difficult to drink with a straw on the top of a mountain because of low atmospheric pressure. You would not have as much pressure to push the drink up the straw.
in 1888