Mate Emoji

Food

A hollowed-out gourd filled with a bright green herbal drink, featuring a metal straw known as a bombilla resting inside. This icon captures the specific traditional vessel used to consume South American yerba mate.

Usage Context

Widely used to discuss caffeine habits, South American culture, or casual social gatherings. It serves as a regional alternative to the ☕ or 🍵 emojis, specifically highlighting the communal practice of sharing the drink among friends and family.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019, the mate emoji was proposed to better represent the cultural identity of countries like Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Its inclusion acknowledges the drink's status as a staple social ritual that predates modern digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🧉

Unicode

U+1F9C9

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9c9:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDC9;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Food

Subcategory drink

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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