Even if you’ve missed the latest episode of Game of Thrones, and avoided the spoilers (yay you), you’d still have heard of the unexpected mystery guest that made its way to Winterfell – a Starbucks coffee cup.
While we understood the need for a steaming cup of coffee in the middle of the cold winter winds and even colder vibes that Sansa and Daenerys seemed to share, people just couldn’t let the cup be.
Tormund “I’ll take a sugar free vanilla latte with giant’s milk”
— nicolen (@nicolen727) May 6, 2019
Starbucks girl 😂#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/7DRQu440aY
— Sevde Kurt (@birinsan) May 6, 2019
Now Game of Thrones has officially tweeted a response over the unfortunate ‘drink’ incident.
News from Winterfell.
— Game of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) May 6, 2019
The latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake. #Daenerys had ordered an herbal tea. pic.twitter.com/ypowxGgQRl
And Starbucks has responded in style as well.
TBH we’re surprised she didn’t order a Dragon Drink.
— Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) May 6, 2019
According to Forbes, executive producer Bernie Caulfield also apologized for the incident.
We’re sorry! Westeros was the first place to actually, you know, have Starbucks. If that’s the worst thing they’re (viewers) finding (with the episode), then we’re in good shape.
GoT art director Hauke Richter also took responsibility for the error, in an email to Variety.
Things can get forgotten on set. [The coffee cup error has been] so blown out of proportion [because] it has not happened with ‘Thrones’ so far.
But as eagle-eyed users would like to point out, this is certainly not the first time something like this has happened on Game of Thrones.
guys this starbucks coffee fiasco isn’t nearly as bad as the time Jaime had both his hands AND was holding a coffee a couple seasons ago #GameofThrones #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/FKaPVslxvO
— loveable slut (@Cassiwaswagga) May 6, 2019
Wonder what drink Jaime had originally ordered? It’s ‘bean’ an interesting turn of events for sure.