Tap water is so cheap it’s practically free. A gallon costs a fraction of a cent. Distilled water? You’re looking at a buck or two per gallon at the store, or you can run a distillation machine for hours (goodbye, electricity bill). And let’s talk plastic bottles. Buying gallon jugs of distilled feels like a betrayal to Mother Earth. Tap water only creates plastic waste if you bottle it yourself.
That said, distilling at home is kind of a flex. You set up this countertop unit that looks like a steampunk coffee maker, and you wait. It’s a meditative process—like watching water argue with itself until one side surrenders. But I’d rather just drink from the faucet and save the time for scrolling through Instagram.
