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China tea lab brewed is delicious (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palatable

'delicious' is the definition.
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'china tea lab brewed' is the wordplay.
'china' becomes 'pal' (china plate is Cockney rhyming slang for mate).
'brewed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea'+'lab'='tealab'
'tealab' anagrammed gives 'atable'.
'pal'+'atable'='PALATABLE'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for palatable that I've seen before include "Of food, tasting nice; of idea, acceptable" , "good to eat" , "Pleasant to the taste, acceptable" , "Tasty" , "pleasing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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