Forum: lifehacks.stackexchange.com
Tags: <food><drinks>
Title: How can I stop my straw rising?
Question: When drinking a fizzy drink from a glass with a straw the straw often rises and sometimes falls out. What can I do to stop this?   I can hold the straw down with my hand, but some times I need to use it for e.g. Eating.  When I have the option, I can push the straw through a slice of lemon but lemons aren't always available and don't suit every drink

Answers:
sents: text: Thread a Straw Through the Tab on a Soda Can to Keep It from Rising
text: It's as simple as turning the tab to the side and sliding the straw through it.
text: This keeps the straw from rising up and falling out of the can.
text: Take some tape, wrap it around the straw and tape it to the jar.
text: This will stop rising and the straw is in a fixed place.
text: Also, try getting heavier reusable straws; this will make the straw stay down better, but may not work.
text: If the straw has ridges, take a string, wrap it around the straw and then tie it around the cup.
text: Getting a lid with a hole in it works too.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/188/Pobrecita
score: 20
sents: text: Because drinking straws are not 100% smooth, they are perfect nucleation sites for bubbles to attach to.
text: ( Source )
text: Here's what you can do:
text: Take it out and lick it off Use ice cubes in your drink to prevent the straw from rising as quickly Use a bigger straw that can't be lifted by a few bubbles of CO 2
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/15/Mooseman
score: 14
sents: text: As a short term solution, give the glass a quick swizzle with the straw, this will flatten the drink slightly which will help slow the rate of the straw rising as there will be less CO2 bubbles trying to carry the straw away.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/1242/Steve Barnes
score: 4
sents: text: You can use a glass straw, like this: original image Or a metal straw: original image
text: Those straws are simply not light enough to be lifted by CO 2 Also, personally I like the paper cups similar to Coca Cola ones with the cap that you can get at many fast food restaurants: original image Even if you don't want to use the glass anymore, bin it, but leave the cap and try to put it on the one of the glasses you like.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/21/nicael
score: 4
sents: text: Rubber band, once around the straw, then looped around the rim
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/7309/Matt
score: 4
sents: text: to build on the elasctic band idea.
text: wrap the band round the straw
text: then arround the glass, either top to bottom or round it.
text: This would hold the straw and the glass and hold them together.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/15794/Topher Brink
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
To stop the straw from rising, you could simply take it out of the drink when not using it. However, if you are going to keep the straw in the drink, you could stir the drink quickly to flatten the drink slightly and slow the rate of bubbles rising and pushing the straw up. Another solution would be to use heavier straws or even attach the straw to the rim of the glass using an elastic band.
The options include licking the straw, using ice cubes to hold the straw down, stirring the drink rapidly to get rid of some of the CO2, use glass or metal straws that are too heavy for the bubbles to lift, use a cup cap or loop a rubber band around the straw and the glass.