Black coffee ultimately providing spring (4)
I believe the answer is:
jete
'spring' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'black coffee ultimately' is the wordplay.
'black' becomes 'jet' (similar in meaning).
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'coffee' is 'e'.
'jet'+'e'='JETE'
'providing' is the link.
(Other definitions for jete that I've seen before include "Dance manoeuvre" , "movement" , "Jump" , "spring" .)