diff --git a/app/helpers/interim_stream_hackiness_helper.rb b/app/helpers/interim_stream_hackiness_helper.rb
index 22186c9b8..29f71ebff 100644
--- a/app/helpers/interim_stream_hackiness_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/interim_stream_hackiness_helper.rb
@@ -19,4 +19,16 @@ module InterimStreamHackinessHelper
       nil
     end
   end
+
+  def from_group(post)
+    if params[:controller]== 'soups'
+      @stream.post_from_group(post)
+    else
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  def what_soup_sentence(post)
+    from_group(post).map{|x| x.to_s.gsub("_soup", '').gsub('_',' ').titleize}.to_sentence
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
index f66f3099a..eb8ba638b 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 
-.stream_element{:id => post.guid}
+.stream_element{:id => post.guid, :class => from_group(post)}
   .right.controls
     - if current_user && post.author.owner_id == current_user.id
       = link_to image_tag('deletelabel.png'), post_path(post), :confirm => t('are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "delete stream_element_delete", :title => t('delete')
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
     %p
       = t('share_visibilites.update.see_it_on_their_profile', :name => person_link(post.author)).html_safe
     = link_to t('undo'), share_visibility_path(:id => "42", :post_id => post.id), :method => :put, :remote => true
-
+  .indicator{:title => "from #{what_soup_sentence(post)}"}
   .sm_body
     = person_image_link(post.author, :size => :thumb_small)
-
     .content
       %div.post_initial_info
         %span.from
diff --git a/lib/stream/base.rb b/lib/stream/base.rb
index 37f1b2690..fac8a2970 100644
--- a/lib/stream/base.rb
+++ b/lib/stream/base.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class Stream::Base
     post_is_from_contact?(post)
   end
 
+  def post_from_group(post)
+    nil
+  end
+
   # @return [String]
   def title
     'a title'
diff --git a/lib/stream/soup.rb b/lib/stream/soup.rb
index df4f04fed..9bfcc5eb6 100644
--- a/lib/stream/soup.rb
+++ b/lib/stream/soup.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Stream::Soup < Stream::Base
 
   def posts
     @posts ||= lambda do
-      post_ids = aspect_posts_ids + followed_tag_ids + mentioned_post_ids
+      post_ids = aspects_post_ids + followed_tags_post_ids + mentioned_post_ids
       post_ids += community_spotlight_post_ids if include_community_spotlight?
       Post.where(:id => post_ids).for_a_stream(max_time, order)
     end.call
@@ -23,18 +23,32 @@ class Stream::Soup < Stream::Base
     false
   end
 
+  #emits an enum of the groups which the post appeared
+  # :spotlight, :aspects, :tags, :mentioned
+  def post_from_group(post)
+    [:community_spotlight, :aspects, :followed_tags, :mentioned].collect do |source| 
+      is_in?(source, post)
+    end.compact
+  end
+
   private
 
+  def is_in?(sym, post)
+    if self.send("#{sym.to_s}_post_ids").find{|x| x == post.id}
+      "#{sym.to_s}_soup".to_sym
+    end
+  end
+
   def include_community_spotlight?
     false
   end
 
-  def aspect_posts_ids
-    @aspect_posts_ids ||= user.visible_shareable_ids(Post, :limit => 15, :order => "#{order} DESC", :max_time => max_time, :all_aspects? => true, :by_members_of => aspect_ids)
+  def aspects_post_ids
+    @aspects_post_ids ||= user.visible_shareable_ids(Post, :limit => 15, :order => "#{order} DESC", :max_time => max_time, :all_aspects? => true, :by_members_of => aspect_ids)
   end
 
-  def followed_tag_ids
-    @followed_tag_ids ||= ids(StatusMessage.tag_stream(user, tag_array, max_time, order))
+  def followed_tags_post_ids
+    @followed_tags_ids ||= ids(StatusMessage.tag_stream(user, tag_array, max_time, order))
   end
 
   def mentioned_post_ids
@@ -47,7 +61,7 @@ class Stream::Soup < Stream::Base
 
   #worthless helpers
   def community_spotlight_person_ids
-    Person.community_spotlight.select('id').map{|x| x.id}
+    @community_spotlight_person_ids ||= Person.community_spotlight.select('id').map{|x| x.id}
   end
 
   def tag_array
diff --git a/public/javascripts/pages/soups-index.js b/public/javascripts/pages/soups-index.js
index 989d1e95b..2055954d3 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/pages/soups-index.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/pages/soups-index.js
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ Diaspora.Pages.SoupsIndex = function() {
     self.aspectNavigation = self.instantiate("AspectNavigation", document.find("ul#aspect_nav"));
     self.stream = self.instantiate("Stream", document.find("#aspect_stream_container"));
     self.infiniteScroll = self.instantiate("InfiniteScroll");
+
+
+  $('.indicator').tipsy({fade: true});
   });
 };
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index abbad7ea4..23fa7af9c 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -3493,3 +3493,22 @@ ul#getting_started
     :margin-top -28px
     :color #999
     :padding-right 9px
+
+.indicator
+  :margin-top -15px
+  :width 14px
+  :height 4px
+  :float right
+
+.aspects_soup
+  .indicator
+    :background-color red
+.community_spotlight_soup
+  .indicator
+    :background-color green
+.mentioned_soup
+  .indicator
+    :background-color blue
+.followed_tags_soup
+  .indicator
+    :background-color yellow