Hacker News Reader

Now I wonder - what is a 'beverage sipper', and how is it different from a 'glass' or 'cup'?

I bought a port sipper set at a thrift store once, they're pretty neat. Basically a glass pipe for drinks with a built-in straw, e.g. https://www.drinkstuff.com/productimg/120982_large.jpg

Hmmm, seems closely related to the Spanish porron [1]. Closely related geographically as well.

The porron is supposed to be for communal drinking without touching lips to a shared vessel. Although as far as I've been able to tell is used as much for drunk people to get wine all over their shirts.

The port sippers seem to me personally to be... a little more childish? Clearly it's just my cultural associations, but I feel like drinking through a straw is like drinking from a sippy cup.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porron

Interesting. The information pamphlet that came with my set made reference to naval banquets, so perhaps it was intended to prevent spills while on rough seas. Bit of convergent evolution with the children's sippy cup perhaps.

It’s a straw as referenced later in the article.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com