🧉 Mate

🧉 Mate is one of the drinks in Unicode's Food & Drink group. In practice it comes up around drink.

🧉 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Food and Drink. The character has been part of the standard since 2019 (Emoji 12.0). Its code point is U+1F9C9.

• 🧉 works as a one-character reply when drink is the subject.
• Fits messages about drink.
• Often seen near 🧋 Bubble Tea, 🧃 Beverage Box and 🧊 Ice.

Mate is far more than a drink in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil – it is a social ritual. The gourd passes round the circle, everyone drinks through the same bombilla, and whoever pours, the cebador, holds a defined role. Saying “thank you” when handing it back means: no more for me.

In Uruguay a thermos under the arm is part of the streetscape. Unicode adopted the emoji in 2019 after Argentine users petitioned for it.

• 🧉🧋 – Mate and Bubble Tea
• 🧉🥃 – Mate with Tumbler Glass
• 🧉🫗 – Mate plus Pouring Liquid
• 🧉🍺 – Mate and Beer Mug
• 🧉🍷 – Mate with Wine Glass
• 🧉🍸️ – Mate plus Cocktail Glass
• 🧉🧃 – Mate and Beverage Box
• 🧉🧊 – Mate with Ice

Easy to mix up with 🧋 Bubble Tea, 🧃 Beverage Box or 🧊 Ice. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.