๐Ÿง‹

๐Ÿง‹ Emoji meaning

In the mood for bubble tea? Milk tea with tapioca pearls, a trend from Taiwan.

๐Ÿง‹ Meaning

Cold tea with milk, syrup and sweetened tapioca pearls. Invented in Taiwan in the 1980s, a trend in Asia and the USA in the 1990s and a cult drink in Europe in 2010. In connection with bubble tea or Asia.

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Bubble tea
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Cup with straw

Bubble tea vs cup with straw; both plastic cups with straws, tapioca pearls may be hard to see.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œBubble teaโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 13.0 in 2020 and added to Emoji 13.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ boba + food

In the release of Emoji 12.1 and Unicode 12.1 in 2019 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bubble + milk + pearl + tea

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