The first actual straw ever found datedback to 3,000 BC. It was a tube made of gold and the precious gemstone, lapis lazuli. Drinking straws also existed in other partsof the world at that time, but most of them were made of some kind of metal.By the 1800s, grass straws had become common because they were much cheaper to make than metal ones, and they didn't damage people's teeth. But grass straws also fell apart very easily in liquid