I prefer drinking straight from a cup. Straws are the answer to drinking through a lid, which is the real necessity for takeout restaurants. Costco figured thi

I prefer drinking straight from a cup. Straws are the answer to drinking through a lid, which is the real necessity for takeout restaurants. Costco figured this out with a self-sealing flap on the lid you can sip from. That said, it's all window dressing. As a kid I drank from paper cups with plastic straws. An iced coffee from some restaurants is now a massive plastic cup with a paper straw.