Drink served with gin, when initially announced? (3)
I believe the answer is:
tea
'drink' is the definition.
(tea is a drink)
'with gin when initially announced?' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'gin when' becomes 'te' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'announced' is 'a'.
'te' next to 'a' is 'TEA'.
'served' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tea that I've seen before include "Tisane" , "Evening meal - eat up" , "brewer's product" , "Food" , "grass" .)