Culture

Iconic Polish drink gains TikTok fame as US influencers discover fruit classic

Maria Kamińska

27.05.2026, 10:55

The trend has amused many Polish viewers, who flooded comment sections to point out that kompot is hardly a new discovery. — The trend has amused many Polish viewers, who flooded comment sections to point out that kompot is hardly a new discovery. Photo: Envato/Svetlana_Lazhko, TikTok/@kqtiewhitney2, @bigpapahannah

A staple across much of Eastern Europe, kompot is made by boiling fruit in large amounts of water.