= tea or coffee, depending on locale • can be used to indicate a wait → 231A ⌚ watch → 231B ⌛ hourglass → 1F375 🍵 teacup without handle ⁓ 2615 FE0E text style ⁓ 2615 FE0F emoji style
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The hot beverage emoji is the universal sign for “I run on caffeine and vibes.” It covers coffee, tea, cocoa, and any drink that whispers, “You’ve got this” on a Monday morning or during a 2 a.m. cram session. People drop it to suggest a coffee date, to announce a caffeine pit stop, or to add cozy, rainy-day energy to a post. It also moonlights in meme-land for “hot takes” and the classic “sipping tea” moment when you’re watching drama but pretending it’s none of your business.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a clean white porcelain teacup perched on a matching saucer, handle to the right, with three wispy gray steam curls rising like cartoon heat lines. The cup is slightly angled, lightly shaded, and instantly recognizable—basically the café sign emoji IRL. Online, it pairs well with an alarm clock or laptop for grind-set content, or with falling leaves for peak pumpkin-spice season. Used sarcastically, a lone ☕ after a spicy statement says, “I’ll just sip and watch.” Flirtatiously, “Let’s grab ☕?” is the soft-launch of a date. And in group chats, it’s the perfect AFK signal for “brb, coffee run” or the subtle punctuation for “oof, that’s piping hot.”
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Coffee, Cafe. Cup of "joe"... But who says that?
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
