Distillation is the old-school, theatrical way to clean water. You boil the living daylights out of it, catch the steam, and let it condense back into liquid. It’s like evaporating the gossip and keeping only the truth—except here, the “truth” is pure H₂O.
I tried distilling water at home once. My kitchen smelled like a laundromat, and the glass jar fogged up like a cheap horror movie. But the result? Water so bare-bones it tastes like nothing. Perfect for car batteries and steam irons, but not great for drinking. Why? Because distillation strips away all the minerals—calcium, magnesium, the good stuff—leaving water so “clean” it can actually pull minerals from your body.
So, if you’re a humidifier owner or someone who fills a fish tank (and hates white crust), distilled is your buddy. For everyday sipping? Eh, it’s a little boring.
