Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Reusable Straws --  Andy and I started communicating about a review project for stainless steel drinking straws sold by the Eco-Straws Company ( www.eco-straws.co.uk ) back in early July and due to shipping delays we received the sample by the 23 rd of July, which arrived by airmail in a small padded envelope. In the package there was a scoop straw (for things like smoothies), a straight straw and a curved straw. I was thrilled to see that the sample also came with a cleaning brush – it looks like a stiff, short bristled narrow bottle-brush on a wire handle that is about 19 cm. or 7.5 inches in length.  The first thing my husband said when he saw these products – “ these are fantastic, we have to buy some! ” What I really liked about these stainless steel straws is that they are dishwasher friendly - we tried out the dishwasher option but found only the straight straw would work in our silverware section of the dishwasher, the other...