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Kombucha Girl

Meme & format · 2019 · Notable

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A 21-second taste test became a reaction meme and put its creator in a Super Bowl ad.

Original · Brittany Broski (@brittanyt445, later @brittany_broski)

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@DemetriusHarmon · Aug 11, 2019

the first time i stole from self checkout

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Post · @DemetriusHarmon on X

Big Tucson Dad

@BigTucsonDad · Aug 11, 2019

Me acquiring the taste for beer over the course of like 10 years x.com/PopstarDave/st…

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Post · @BigTucsonDad on X

caitie delaney

@caitiedelaney · Aug 12, 2019

me trying to decide within 30 seconds of meeting a man if we’re going to get married x.com/PopstarDave/st…

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Clip · Trixie Mattel on YouTube
Clip · BuzzFeedVideo on YouTube
This "Woman Trying Kombucha" Meme Is Super Relatable And Super Viral
BuzzFeed
US-HEALTH-BEVERAGE-KOMBUCHA
TIME
Brittany Broski: TIME100 Creators 2025
TIME
Brittany Broski in Sarah Baska’s 2022 video; CC BY 3.0, cropped on Commons.
Sarah Baska
Dallas’ Brittany Tomlinson’s Kombucha Reaction TikTok Is Twitter’s Latest Meme
Dallas Observer

Spread Score

How it works
ReachNo data yetContagion35Breadth40Velocity65Longevity5948

Numbers

Seed to milestone
3 weeks
Aug 7 ’19 to Aug 29 ’19
Platforms
6
Started on TikTok
Origin
Organic
Culture (no sector)

Mechanics

  • Remixable templatePrimary
  • Creator relay
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Maker origin

How it spread

Trace the origin

Brittany Broski’s taste test became a Twitter reaction meme. YPulse reported a reach milestone in August; her bank firing and brand deals followed. She later appeared in a paid Super Bowl ad.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

Google searchesApr ’19AugSepNovFeb ’20JunMay ’21May ’22Oct ’23Mar ’25DecOct ’26MilestoneTikTokXPressOpen webTVYouTube
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Timeline (16)

  1. August 2019

    Brittany Broski (@brittanyt445) seed · Aug 7 ’19

    Brittany Broski posted her reaction to tasting kombucha for the first time.[1][2]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. @PopstarDave platform jump · Aug 9 ’19

    PopstarDave reposted the clip with a sexual caption; other users supplied new situations.[3][4][5][6]

    This "Woman Trying Kombucha" Meme Is Super Relatable And Super Viral

  3. TIME press · Aug 13 ’19

    TIME collected Twitter versions about coffee, dating, leaving home and listening to BTS.[7][3]

    US-HEALTH-BEVERAGE-KOMBUCHA

  1. owner response · Aug 16 ’19

  2. owner response · Aug 20 ’19

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Origin
Organic
Sector
Culture (no sector)
Region
US
Reported figure
—
Evidence
Grade B

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