What does ☕ mean?
Hot beverage: coffee, tea, morning, a break. In slang 'tea' can also mean gossip.
Its official Unicode name is HOT BEVERAGE and its CLDR short name is "hot beverage" (in Hungarian: "forró ital"). It belongs to the Food & Drink group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- beverage
- cafe
- caffeine
- chai
- coffee
- drink
- hot
- morning
- steaming
- tea
In Hungarian: forró, gőzölgő, ital, kávé, koffein, reggel, reggeli ital, tea
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ☕ in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+2615. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- HOT BEVERAGE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- forró ital
- English name (CLDR)
- hot beverage
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Food & Drink · drink
- Length
- 1 code point · 3 bytes in UTF-8 · 1 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :coffee:
Related emojis
- Bottle with popping cork
- Wine glass
- Beer mug
- Clinking beer mugs
- Clinking glasses
- Baby bottle
- Glass of milk
- Teapot
Frequently asked questions
What does the ☕ emoji mean?
Hot beverage: coffee, tea, morning, a break. In slang 'tea' can also mean gossip.
How do I type the ☕ emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "beverage".
When was the ☕ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.