Mate emoji meaning

The mate emoji is a picture of a traditional South American gourd filled with a tea-like beverage called mate. Mate is made from the leaves and stems of the yerba mate plant, and is commonly consumed in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil. The mate emoji is often used to represent the drink itself or to symbolize South American culture.

The mate emoji was approved in Unicode 12.0 and added in Emoji 12.0, see related proposal L2/18122