| BREW | Informal word for a beverage prepared by steeping or infusion such as tea, coffee or beer (4) |
| TEA | Beverage prepared by boiling the leaves of a temperate shrub |
| BLEND | Portmanteau word; or, a mixture of two or more varieties of tea, coffee or whisky, for example (5) |
| LIQUOR | Whether inebriating, impregnated with something, made by decoction or used in cookery for steeping or marinating, it is fluid (6) |
| INFUSIONS | Drinks prepared by steeping |
| PTISAN | A medicinal decoction of barley water; or, an alternative spelling of an apozem, herbal tea or infusion (6) |
| DRINK | Tea, coffee or squash, eg (5) |
| TISANE | Herbal tea or infusion (6) |
| ALE | Word for a beverage, feast or festival that, when coupled with bench, bush, cost, draper, hoof, house or wife, refers to a tavern pew, a hostelry sign, beer-flavouring costmary, an innkeeper, cat's-fo |
| BUSHTEA | A southern African beverage prepared from the dried leaves of certain leguminous shrubs, also called rooibos |
| MUGS | Large cups for tea, coffee etc, such as the Wedgwood collection designed by Richard Guyatt commemorating the Queen's coronation or silver jubilee (4) |
| TSPS | Abbreviation of measurements equal to 5 ml used in cookery or for amounts of sugar added tea/coffee (4) |
| TEAS | Beverage made by steeping leaves in water (4) |
| MALT | What substance is made by steeping barley in water? (4) |
| JAVA | Programming language named for a beverage named for an island |
| EQUIPAGE | An old word for a horse-drawn carriage with liveried attendants; any retinue; the apparatus required for a particular task, such as tea-making; or, any set of useful articles (8) |
| CUSTOM | A long-established practice or ritual, such as tea-drinking; conventions or traditions of a society collectively; or, habitual patronage (6) |
| IRISH | Word linking with "setter" for a breed of gun dog or with "coffee" for a beverage with whiskey and cream (5) |
| CUPPA | Informal name for a beverage traditionally brewed as part of an English breakfast or elevenses with biscuits or afternoon tea (5) |
| ELEVENSES | Mid-morning break for tea, coffee, biscuits or other light refreshments; or, a hobbit's third meal in the Middleearth tales by J. R. R. Tolkien (9) |
