<p>An apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage inducing the passage of an extraction fluid through a dose (W) of coffee by heating said fluid, comprises separating means (10, 15) arranged to separate a fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of said fluid from a further fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of said fluid; an apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage by imbibing a dose (W) of coffee with an extraction fluid driven by heating through said dose (W), comprises inhibition means arranged to inhibit said imbibing when said fluid contains a substantial steam phase; a method for obtaining a coffee beverage comprises heating an extraction fluid so as to induce the passage of said extraction fluid through a dose (W) of coffee to obtain said beverage and separating a fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of said extraction fluid from a further fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of said extraction fluid is provided for.</p>