What does 🧉 Mate mean?
A gourd of yerba mate with a metal straw, called a bombilla, added in Emoji 12.0. It represents the caffeinated herbal drink beloved in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil, where passing the mate around a group is a social ritual. People use it for slow afternoons, study sessions and South American pride.
🧉 Mate is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (drinks), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019.
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🧉 Mate on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Mate looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Mate emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🧉 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :mate_drink:.
When was the Mate emoji added?
🧉 Mate was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🧉 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Mate. The underlying code (U+1F9C9) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.