Why when you evaporate coffee and store the steam until it becomes liquid again, the liquid no longer has the color of coffee?

Question

I did this experiment one day because I was curious, sorry if it’s a stupid question

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

Steam is made out of water. You didn’t turn the coffee to steam, you turned the water to steam – so when you turn the steam back into liquid, it’s just liquid water, the part that makes it ‘coffee’ gets left behind.