A Public Service Announcement About Bamboo Straws

[anna_wing]

For those of you leaping on the anti-plastic-straw bandwagon,or at least frequenting F&B establishments that are doing so, the only thing that bamboo straws are good for, apart from impressing gullible customers, is growing mould inside them. Especially in humid environments, like lots of kitchens, even those not in the tropics. Especially those

Comments

[lindahoyland]

Thanks for the warning. I'll stick to drinking from the glass.

[anna_wing]

Yes, there is really no need for straws 90% of the time. Though sometimes one had to worry a bit about the glass...

[clodia_metelli]

Ewwwwww I'm not sure I wanted to know this was a thing.

[anna_wing]

Well, hopefully you will remember it if you end up in some hipster bar where they still think those things are a good idea.