Coffee English journalists dipped into thus (8)
I believe the answer is:
espresso
'coffee' is the definition.
(espresso is a kind of coffee)
'english journalists dipped into thus' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'journalists' becomes 'press' (I've seen this before).
'dipped into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'thus' becomes 'so' (synonyms).
'press' placed into 'so' is 'spresso'.
'e'+'spresso'='ESPRESSO'
(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "Barista's beverage" , "strong drink" , "It's made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans" , "Coffee made by forcing steam through grounds" , "Italian-style coffee" .)