Abstract: A drinking straw having a tubular member made of a plastic, having an interior passage that provides fluid communication between an inlet end for immersing into a beverage and a draw end for placing between the lips of a user; and a multipore member, disposed within the tubular member along a portion of the length of the tubular member, having a plurality of passageways extending from an inlet end to the draw end of the multipore member. The multipore member is typically plastic and formed of a plurality of individual flow tubes that communicate between the inlet end and draw end of the multipore member.