• Ting, Jamaica
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    “T” is for Ting

    “T” is for Ting!  Ting is a delightfully refreshing grapefruit soda which has its roots on the island of Jamaica.  It was named by the island pronunciation of “thing,” as in “Give me a ting.”   When growing up as a kid in Wisconsin, I remember a soda called Ting which had a funky, 60’s retro logo.  It came in bright colors, with flavors such as “blue” (I think it was blue raspberry, but we called it “blue”).  Wikipedia suggests that there was a trademark dispute which caused the disappearance of Wisconsin’s version and the emergence of Jamaica’s.  From my research, that does not appear to be accurate.  There was…