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

Coffee is basically just bits of coffee bean suspended in water. When you evaporate the liquid, only the water is boiled off, and the bean bits get left behind as a sediment. The color of the coffee comes from the beans, ergo if the beans are left behind, so is the coloration.