There are moments in the holiday season when even the smallest detail feels like magic, when a ribbon curls in the Candle Light or a sip carries the warmth of laughter. This year, Glass Forest invites you to feel that magic in a new way with the launch of their Ribbon Straws, hand blown glass straws that turn every drink into a celebration of colour, light and joy.
Available in festive hues like red, peach, pink and light green, these straws are not just functional. They are adornments for your holiday table. Each one curves like spun sugar, poised in cocktails, tisanes or that classic spiced cider you make only once a year. This is not mere utility. This is style meeting ritual, a glass companion to every toast and whisper.
But here is the secret path that brings us to this moment, the story of the straw itself.
Humans have been sipping through tubes for centuries. The earliest known depictions of straws appear in Sumerian culture, where long hollow sticks were used to drink beer from shared vessels without disturbing the sediments at the bottom. Later, in 1888, Marvin C. Stone patented the first modern paper straw by spiralling paper around a pencil to create a flavour neutral vessel. It was a quiet invention that shaped the way the world would share drinks for generations to come.
Through time, materials changed. Rye grass, paper, plastic. Yet the essence remained the same. A straw is a conduit for experience. And today, as we become more mindful of what we use and discard, glass straws have returned as symbols of both elegance and responsibility. They are reusable, durable and as transparent as the joy they carry.
At Glass Forest, every glass straw, whether ribboned with festive colours or topped with playful shapes like flamingos or monkeys, carries this lineage. Each piece is hand blown, each curve and colour a testament to the craft behind it. They make wonderful gifts, whimsical companions at holiday gatherings and thoughtful additions to parties where every sip matters.
So this season, let your drinks sparkle not only with bubbles but with intention. Let the ribbon straws sit proudly in crystal flutes and earthen mugs alike. Let them become part of your stories, your clinks, your slow winter mornings and your toasts that stretch long into candlelight.
Because beauty is not only what is in the glass. It is how we sip, how we share and how we remember. And sometimes, it is also in the straw.
Yeah, sometimes, the straw maketh the drink!