Distilled water is the introvert of hydration. It wants to be alone. It doesn’t want to interact with your coffee maker or your kettle. Spring water is the extrovert. It brings minerals, it dances on your tongue, it has opinions.
Try this experiment: taste them side by side. Distilled will feel like nothing. Spring water might make you go, “Oh, that’s interesting.” It’s a fun party trick for your next dinner party, trust me.
Mind-bender: If you distilled spring water, you’d get... distilled water. The spring’s magic is gone. It’s like turning a butterfly back into a caterpillar. Sad, but scientifically cool.