Honestly, spring water tastes good. It's crisp, a little slippery on the tongue, and has that subtle minerality you'd expect from a mountain stream. You can actually enjoy sipping it. Distilled water? It tastes like… nothing. Like the ghost of water.
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Some people call it "flat" or "dead." And they're not wrong! Because there's no calcium or magnesium to give it body, your taste buds don't register much. It's like drinking the concept of wetness. Your brain goes, "Is this water? Are we sure?"
Fun party trick: If you're used to spring water, distilled water might make you pucker. It's actually slightly acidic from absorbing CO₂ in the air. So that flat taste? Yeah, it's real.
