Dealt with coffee from the East (5)
I believe the answer is:
faced
'dealt with' is the definition.
(facing is a kind of dealing with)
'coffee from the east' is the wordplay.
'coffee' becomes 'decaf' (type of coffee).
'from the east' is a reversal indicator (on a map from right to left).
'decaf' reversed gives 'FACED'.
(Other definitions for faced that I've seen before include "Confronted" , "Encountered" , "Met" , "Resisted" , "Stood up to" .)