Cup with straw emoji 🥤 (soda emoji)
🥤 is the cup with straw: a takeaway cup with a lid and straw. It is the soda emoji — cola, fast-food meals, cinema drinks, slushies — and the all-purpose cup for iced…
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What the cup with straw 🥤 (soda) emoji means
🥤 is the cup with straw: a takeaway cup with a lid and straw. It is the soda emoji — cola, fast-food meals, cinema drinks, slushies — and the all-purpose cup for iced coffee, milkshakes and smoothies. Added in Emoji 3.0 (2016). Its box-shaped cousin is 🧃 beverage box, the bubble tea 🧋 bubble tea; meal partners 🍔 hamburger, 🍿 popcorn.
Unicode name: cup with straw · U+1F964 · Emoji 5.0 (2017) · group: Food & Drink.
How people use it
- Soda and soft drinks: fast food, cinema
- Iced drinks: iced coffee, smoothies, slushies
- Takeaway: drinks to go
- Cup: the generic vessel
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cup with strawU+1F964 | Soda, takeaway cup | |
| beverage boxU+1F9C3 | Juice box | |
| bubble teaU+1F9CB | Boba | |
| hamburgerU+1F354 | Meal deal | |
| iceU+1F9CA | Iced |
Questions people ask
Is there a soda emoji?
🥤 cup with straw is the soda emoji.
Is there an iced coffee emoji?
No; 🥤 or 🧋 are used.
When was 🥤 added?
2016, Emoji 3.0.
Is there a soda can emoji?
There is no soda can emoji on its own. The cup with straw 🥤 is the standard way to show soda, and people sometimes pair it with 🍔 or 🍿 to set the meal context.
Is there a red cup emoji?
There is no specific red cup emoji. The cup with straw 🥤 may be used in party or social posts where a red cup would appear, though it shows a takeaway cup rather than a disposable party cup.
Does the cup with straw emoji have slang meanings?
Occasionally 🥤 appears in posts about ‘lean’ (a drink mixing codeine cough syrup and soda). The emoji itself is just a cup with straw, and this association is not its standard use.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
