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Hot Beverage Emoji ☕

A steaming cup with no handle, usually read as coffee or tea — that's the hot-beverage emoji. It covers 'need caffeine' mornings and coffee runs, but works for any hot drink, from a work-from-home mug to a cold-weather warm-up.

What ☕ means

A saucer with a wide white cup containing some deep brown liquid within placed on it. There's also a wave of steam indicated above the cup suggesting that the liquid or beverage in the cup is piping hot.

The ☕ Hot Beverage emoji could most probably suggest coffee; both black and with milk. However, it could refer to hot chocolate, tea, etc. It signifies the start of the day, a coffee date, warmth, comfort, relaxation, and breaks between work.

How and when to use it

If you're trying to seem unbothered and don't have the time for drama, use ☕. For instance,
"Dude. How are you so chill?! You know what's happening right?"
"Oh yes. I know what's happening, and I also know that I don't give a flying fuck ☕".
If you're inviting someone for a cup of coffee (as a date) or a cup of hot chocolate (as a sesh of Netflix and chill) or a cup of tea (as a formality or even a get together), you can use ☕ in those conversations.
Use ☕ while sharing social media stories or texts (rather, rants) of the perfect weather where a cup of coffee or hot chocolate would be the most soothing partner.
☕ could also be used in generic contexts of 'refreshments' (isn't this the best part of any event?).
Also, ☕ can be an emoji in the caption for posts that are about coffee/tea estates, coffee beans, tea leaves, cocoa, you know the raw material required for some of the most famous hot beverages.

Other Names

☕ Cup of Coffee
☕ Cup of Tea
☕ Black Coffee
☕ Hot Coffee
☕ Caffeine
☕ Brewed Beverage
☕ Hot Drink
☕ Refreshment

☕ in real conversations

When do people use ☕ sarcastically?

Right after pretending not to care about drama they're clearly invested in — "oh, I have no comment ☕" is the texting version of sipping tea while watching something unfold. The steaming cup does the smug, unbothered work the words alone wouldn't quite pull off on their own.

What does ☕ mean first thing in the morning?

The most literal use it gets — "I need caffeine before anything else happens today." It's less a message and more a status update, dropped solo or paired with a groggy comment about how early it still feels. No further explanation is really required, and none usually follows it either.

Does ☕ always mean coffee?

Not strictly. Nothing in the design names the drink — it's a steaming cup and that's it — so tea, hot chocolate and chai all sit comfortably under it. The words around it usually settle which one is meant. If the drink itself matters, 🍵 is the one that specifically says green tea rather than "something hot."

The lowdown

Category: Food & Drink › drink
Codepoints: U+2615
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :coffee::hot_beverage: Discord
Keywords: beverage, cafe, caffeine, chai, coffee, drink, hot, morning, steaming, tea

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.