Bubble tea emoji meaning

The bubble tea emoji represents a popular drink that comes from Taiwan and has become loved worldwide. Bubble tea is a tea-based beverage that usually includes a mix of tea, milk, sugar, and tapioca balls, which are often called bubbles or pearls. These chewy tapioca balls sit at the bottom of the drink and are enjoyed with a wide straw. The emoji typically shows a plastic cup with a lid and straw, along with visible layered colors to represent the tea and milk, and small black dots at the bottom that symbolize the tapioca pearls. This emoji is often used to talk about bubble tea, snacks, or drinks in general, and it helps capture the fun and trendy vibe of this unique beverage.

The bubble tea emoji was approved in Unicode 13.0 and added in Emoji 13.0, see related proposal L2/18341