The straw is surprisingly old. There is an almost 5000 year old wax seal from Ur, depicting people drinking beer using long straws. https://www.chaldeannews.co

The straw is surprisingly old. There is an almost 5000 year old wax seal from Ur, depicting people drinking beer using long straws. https://www.chaldeannews.com/features-1/2019/12/24/history-of-merchants-beer-in-ancient-mesopotamia https://www.chaldeannews.com/features-1/2019/12/24/history-o... Of course, back then, their main concern was not to disturb whatever settled on the bottom of the vessel.