Coffee cup makes strange appearance on ‘Game of Thrones,’ internet has thoughts

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A regular cup of coffee made a bizarre appearance in this week’s Game of Thrones episode, with many now speculating whether Starbucks has a mythical outpost in Winterfell after the rogue cup was seen at a table in the show’s latest episode.

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In Sunday’s “The Last of the Starks,” the cup appears at 17:39 in the episode in front of Daenerys Targaryen. While the table is decked in rather usual glassware and candles, the white-and-brown cup steals the scene despite Tormund chugging wine from a hollowed-out tusk.

Twitter and others speculated it was a Starbucks cup mistakenly left on the set. But Jezebel pointed out the nearest Starbucks from where Winterfell was filmed isn’t exactly around the corner.

It’s about a 27-minute drive from Starbucks to Doune Castle, where the shot was filmed, according to Google Maps. Another possibility could be The Buttercup Cafe, a local source for coffee, which is about a three-minute drive from the set.

The Buttercup Cafe told Ladders it was not one of their cups.

Starbucks said they didn’t have any additional detail to share about the cameo, but referred Ladders to a tweet where the company poked fun at the spoof with one of their own drinks.

TBH we're surprised she didn't order a Dragon Drink.

— Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) May 6, 2019

Here’s how Twitter reacted after seeing the rogue cup:

They really took 2 years to make 6 episodes and left a Starbucks cup in a scene #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/90Li696AmM

— Allison Minick (@Allison_Minick) May 6, 2019

my favorite show in the entire world forgot a STARBUCKS COFFEE CUP ON THE TABLE WHILE FILMING pic.twitter.com/60z3pOCfg9

— zane (@zane) May 6, 2019

When Starbucks Cup showes up in Winterfell #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/N1ddkQxlar

— Ashlee Batts (@AshleeBatts) May 6, 2019

– Missandei gets beheaded in chains
– Rhaegal gets killed
– Danys is losing her shit
– Jaime is getting back to cersei
– Tormund cried
– Gendry is no longer a bastard

And a Starbucks cup got more attention than all of this.. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/SPJHwxl5lk

— 🍯 (@Honeyydropz) May 6, 2019

OH MY GOD, the showrunners were literally in the same scene as the Starbucks cup. pic.twitter.com/TS7wNPUCDf

— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) May 6, 2019

Guys it’s not Starbucks, it’s Winterfell’s own coffee chain “Dire cup” #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/icM6bhXkbx

— ♉️ (@_alexalexalex) May 6, 2019

I found where she got the Starbucks cup from #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/46XztK2QjV

— John Beck (@johnbeck_) May 6, 2019

The Ladders reached out to HBO for comment but didn’t immediately hear back.

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