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This Game of Thrones prop was distinctly out of place in Winterfell...

Medieval macchiato, apparently


You can’t reasonably expect realism in Game of Thrones. You’re not likely to come across a dragon when you’re on your way to Tesco, hungover and in your trackies, are you?

But our disbelief really had to be suspended during this week’s episode – because an eagle-eyed viewer spotted a Starbucks cup on the table during a scene.

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Not quite the fantasy world we’ve gotten used to, really.


And the response online was predictably, and quite understandably, hysterical, spawning hundreds of jokes – including one from Starbucks itself, of course.



Great news for Starbucks, though – according to Marketweek, the accidental endorsement was probably worth around $250,000. Result. And their reponse?