word of advice : Spoilers for " The Last of the Starks , " the latestGame of Thronesepisode , ahead .
While " The Last of the Starks , " the 4th episode inGame of Thrones ’s final season , was met with divided opinions from fans , one thing we can all concord on is that Westeros probably did n’t have a Starbucks on every corner . Yet it appears as if a deep brown cup from the Seattle - based mega - chain by chance made its way into a pivotal scene in Sunday ’s episode .
The episode set up up the warfare that ’s to number against Cersei Lannister , and register many of the fiber finding out that Jon Snow is the truthful successor to the can . Which means that Daenerys Targaryen has a lot to worry about in the last two episodes , so we ca n’t blame her for needing a caffein fix . What we were n’t bear was a full - on misdating in the meticulously elaborated series , which is precisely what happened when lover notice a coffee loving cup , ostensibly from Starbucks , recover its way into a shot of the grand post - battle feast at Winterfell .
Around the 17:50 mark , we see Daenerys sitting off to the side and stewing a chip while Tormund and some of the other men are praise Jon for being a cracking leader … with a coffee cup is sit right in front of her . Did she not notice ? How did this take place ?
Of naturally , fans have line up this misadventure hilarious , and the memes have already started . Both “ Starbucks Cup ” and “ Starbucks Coffee ” are even trending on Twitter right now . You ca n’t buy that kind of publicity .
As comic as this fault is , here ’s to hop-skip it does n’t happen again . With just two episodes ofGame of Thronesleft and the most crucial battle the serial has ever seen still to come , we do n’t need any further distractions — no matter how amusing they may be .
Update : On Monday , May 6th , HBO issued a affirmation regarding the cup see in Sunday ’s installment . It read as follows : In reply to inquiry from those who go steady a craft services coffee tree cupful in Sunday dark ’s instalment ofGame of Thrones , HBO state , ' The caffe latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake . Daenerys had ordered an herbal tea . "
