Funny findingout, Yes it was my first experience with Ting and I loved it. I brought some home for my family to taste. But my luggage was so heavy with all the stuff I had bought from the crafts market that I couldn't hardly carry it so I couldn't bring much home. I wanted to bring everything home with me. Not the merchandize stuff but the stuff actually made by the people. I was so amazed by their talents. The things I actually watched them do. No Ting was not a hardship, but I did not understand why the coke tasted like rum. I still don't get it. All the recovering alcoholics in my group said the same thing. They couldn't drink it either. Have you had the same experience?