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After remaining silent for much of the day, HBO acknowledged many inquiries about “the craft services coffee cup” and joined the fun with this official statement: “The latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake. Starbucks seemed to have an idea, taking the opportunity to plug its Dragon Drink, a pink concoction with sweet mango and dragon fruit flavours. Naturally, we had many questions: On a show so detail-oriented that the actor who plays Bran Stark has to sit in one place during film breaks so his furs don’t move out of place from scene to scene, how did an item so clearly from the 21st century manage to sneak into the final version of the episode? Was it, in fact, a Starbucks cup, as so many online suggested? When did a Starbucks come to Winterfell, and what is the Dragon Queen’s regular order? “Maybe they assumed that the lighting would be as dark as last week’s instalment and that nobody would notice,” one fan joked on Twitter, a callback to complaints about a lack of lighting in the previous week’s episode. Like most things in the final season of Game of Thrones the item was quickly spotted, and its cameo was dissected, overanalysed and made into memes. The cup, which appeared in front of Daenerys Targaryen for only a few seconds, may have gone unnoticed by the show’s vast production team – but not by its millions of fans. The modern-day item was jarringly out of place amid candlelit chandeliers and goblets of Dornish wine. During Sunday’s episode, a disposable coffee cup could briefly be seen sitting on a table at Winterfell. When the long night is over and they get your Starbucks order wrong of Thrones is one of the most expensive and elaborately produced television shows ever. You’re telling me they had TWO YEARS to put together a decent show and they couldn’t even spot the goddamn Starbucks cup in Winterfell?!?! #GameOfThrones /8opg7nyydv Guys it’s not Starbucks, it’s Winterfell’s own coffee chain “Dire cup” #GameofThrones /icM6bhXkbxĭaenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains, and Drinker of Pumpkin Spice /BOPdolRhXz Daenerys had ordered an herbal tea.”īy Tuesday, the errant cup was removed from all platform re-airs. In response to “inquiries from those who saw a craft services coffee cup in Sunday night’s episode,” HBO said in a statement on Monday, “The latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake. Starbucks later responded with a tweet. “TBH we’re surprised she didn’t order a Dragon Drink,” read the post from the coffee chain’s official handle. The moment came during the beginning of the extended hour, when the survivors from the combined houses of Westeros had gathered for a night of drinking - out of steel mugs and animal horns, not branded coffee cups - to celebrate their victorious (but still deadly) battle against the Night King and his Army of the Dead. Savvy viewers who tuned in to the fourth episode of the HBO fantasy saga’s final season, “ The Last of the Starks,” were distracted when they spotted what appeared to be an out-of-place Starbucks coffee cup in a scene taking place in Winterfell, the home of House Stark.Īmid a tense glance between Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), viewers paused to capture the coffee cup sitting on the table between them. Something did not belong in Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones.