The Major Doctor Doom Reveal In Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday Coffee Pop-Up Everybody Missed

Avengers: Doomsday’s unusual new update may have secretly revealed a huge amount about Doctor Doom’s past, present, and future if one MCU movie theory holds true. With Doctor Doom having only been glimpsed briefly in the post-credits of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, there are plenty of questions that audiences currently have about the character – which led to some divided reactions to the franchise’s latest event based around the upcoming MCU movie.

Audiences were largely nonplussed or disappointed when it was revealed that the big surprise that had been teased by the Russo brothers and hyped online by reports of a trailer breaking soon was in actual fact building to the unveiling of a pop-up café in London that was selling a range of Doctor Doom-themed blends, with the Russo brothers appearing to sign some of the coffee packaging for fans.

However, it has been noted that the names of the special menu’s items may themselves be one of the biggest reveals about the setup for the MCU’s Doctor Doom, since they all reference major figures attached to Doom in the comic. Given the pop-up is based around the MCU and the current hype building for Doomsday, it would make sense if these names were subtle clues about what to expect going forward, especially given the Russos’ history of leaving sly nods to what’s to come, or puzzles for eager fans to solve.

Avengers: Doomsday’s Coffee Shop Pop-Up May Have Revealed Much More Than It Seemed According To One MCU Movie Theory

The special menu for the café features five different drinks (as per Nexus Point News), respectively named Fortunov, The Rapprochement, Cynthia’s Blend, Zefiro, and Hassenstadt Dark. Two of these drinks appear to have more simple explanations, with Cynthia’s Blend being a reference to Doctor Doom’s mother, Cynthia, and Fortunov being a reference to Vladamir Fortunov, the prior ruler of Latveria before Doom himself.

In a similar vein, Zefiro has ties to Doom’s Marvel comic story since Victor grew up as a part of the Romani Zefiro clan, and Hassenstadt Dark references the city of Hassenstadt that Doom would eventually rename to Doomstadt, which is conventionally where Doctor Doom’s castle is in Marvel’s comic lore to boot.

That said, The Rapprochement is the menu’s most interesting item on a lore level, since its name is also a reference to the Latverian festival Doom creates of the same name in his mother’s honor, describing it in the 2005 Fantastic Four Special #1 as “a holiday where each Latverian is required to reach out to someone he has wronged” – which leads Doom to make a truce of sorts with Mister Fantastic.

With all of this in mind, it seems very possible these items covertly flesh out Doom’s story by firstly establishing some key concepts and characters from the character’s life as part of his MCU arc, and by perhaps more importantly suggesting that this iteration of Doctor Doom may be focused on trying to make things right with or form a truce with Mister Fantastic and his family in the upcoming MCU movie after The Fantastic Four: First Steps ends with him potentially kidnapping Franklin.

Given audiences were expecting a major reveal for Avengers: Doomsday, the unveiling of the “Dom Latveria Coffee” pop-up was a divisive one to say the least – particularly because the prior Russo brothers tease of an impending surprise led many to believe something major must be on the near horizon.

However, it would make a lot of sense if the importance put on this announcement was done to suggest there was more to the event than some coffee blends themselves, and that those who dared to glimpse between the grounds and look deeper into what was presented here could get an impression of what to expect from the MCU’s lore.

With Avengers: Doomsday set to release at the end of this year, prospective moviegoers won’t have to wait too long to see whether this pop-up does indeed hide more than first meets the eye, or whether its ties to the actual MCU lore were more nebulous – especially since a full Avengers: Doomsday trailer will no doubt release well before then.