Peace And Joy coffee shop owner Cheong Kwai Foong, 61, arranging straws at her shop in China Street, George Town. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
MODERN drinking straws were merely invented as its creator Marvin Chester Stone was tired of getting lemon seeds into his mouth whenever he was having a sip of lemonade.
Stone also introduced the paper-based straws in replacement of natural rye grass straws used in the 19th century, which were undesirable as it imparted a grassy flavour in beverages.
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