= 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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On Apple/iOS, the icon shows a clean white porcelain teacup on a matching saucer, handle pointing right, with three wispy gray curls of steam like cartoon heat lines. The cup sits at a slight angle with light shading—instantly recognizable, basically the café sign emoji IRL. Online, it pairs nicely with an alarm clock or a laptop for grind-set content, and with falling leaves for peak pumpkin-spice season. Used sarcastically, a lone ☕ after a spicy statement says, “I’ll just sip and watch.” Flirt-wise, “Let’s grab ☕?” is the gentle soft-launch of a date. And in group chats, it’s the ideal AFK marker—“brb, coffee run”—or the subtle punctuation for “oof, that’s piping hot.”
As a symbol, the hot beverage emoji broadcasts “I run on caffeine and vibes.” It stands in for coffee, tea, cocoa, and any comfort drink that whispers “You’ve got this,” whether it’s a Monday morning reset or a 2 a.m. cram sprint. People drop it to float a coffee date, to announce a caffeine pit stop, or to infuse a post with cozy, rainy-day energy. It also moonlights in meme-speak for “hot takes” and the classic “sipping tea” moment when you’re clocking drama while pretending it’s none of your business.
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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)]
