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Flirty Edit on Starbucks Cup Goes Viral Again as Viewers Question if It’s Real

The resurfaced clip highlights how unverified service moments can race across TikTok without a firm record of what happened.

Overview

  • TikTok clip shows a Starbucks cup where the printed hot-drink warning was crossed out to read "Careful, you're extremely hot."
  • The video, posted in 2022, drew fresh coverage Wednesday from the Daily Star and the Mirror after racking up more than 2.9 million likes.
  • The poster said she felt mortified and wrote that she would never go back to that store.
  • Viewers split between calling the note "cute" and asking how many other customers received the same message.
  • Many commenters doubted a barista wrote it because the footage only shows the cup in a car, and the outlets said they asked Starbucks for comment without publishing any reply.