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China tea stirred with cool confectionery (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chocolate

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'confectionery' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'china tea stirred with cool' is the wordplay.
'china' becomes 'ch'.
'stirred with' indicates an anagram.
'tea' with its letters anagrammed with 'cool' makes 'ocolate'.
'ch'+'ocolate'='CHOCOLATE'

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(Other definitions for chocolate that I've seen before include "Delicious food of roasted ground cacao beans" , "Sweetmeat made from cocoa" , "Food bars" , "Deep brown colour" , "The tasty treat turns out to be a cool cheat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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