A hollowed gourd packed with dried yerba leaves, a metal straw or bombilla sticking out the top β that's the mate emoji, the traditional South American drink. It's shared from one cup passed around a group, used specifically for mate culture in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, standing in for a caffeine hit and a genuinely social ritual.
What π§ means
A dark brown deep coconut shell kind of a container with a silvery rim and a steel straw sticking out of the cup. The π§ Mate emoji refers to the famous South American drink, MatΓ©. It signifies a strong caffeine dose, mental stimulation, and potential risk if overdone.
How and when to use it
- First things first. π§ ain't coconut or a coconut drink. So, please tell your high self not to use it in coconut contexts.
- Now, if you're in a desperate need of some strong, face-slapping dose of caffeine and you're texting someone about the same, you can use π§. For instance, "Dude. I fkn regret staying up late last night. I feel like a zombie rn. Only some mate can save me π§ π©".
- If y'all love mate, you can use π§ in your 'Good Morning' texts as well.
- Considering the origin of this soothing drink, you can also use π§ in the caption while sharing South American drink/beverage-based posts (or reposts) in general and even precisely about mate.
- You can also use π§ to suggest 'caffeine-high'. For example, "Bro. Sorry, lost you guys at 'this morning' I'm soaring on caffeine π§".
- If matΓ© is your thing, then π§ would be sweet emoji to ask a romantic interest out for some strong ass caffeinated drink.
Other Names
- π§ MatΓ©
- π§ Yerba Mate
- π§ Caffeine-Rick Drink
- π§ South American Caffeinated Drink
- π§ South American Drink
- π§ ChimarrΔo
- π§ CimarrΓ³n
The lowdown
- Category
- Food & Drink βΊ drink
- Codepoints
U+1F9C9- Emoji version
- Emoji 12.0
- Shortcodes
:mate:GitHub Β· Discord:mate_drink:Slack- Keywords
- drink, mate
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.
β‘ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first β π§ Mate or π¨βπ¨βπ§βπ¦ Family: Man, Man, Girl, Boy?