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Drink six-pack, maybe followed by cool tea abroad (8)

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I believe the answer is:

absinthe

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'drink' is the definition.
(absinthe is a kind of drink)

'six-pack maybe followed by cool tea abroad' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'cool' could be 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable or cool) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'tea' could be 't' (I've seen this in other clues) and 't' is located in the answer.
'six-pack' could be 'abs' (short for abdominal muscles) and 'abs' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'he' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for absinthe that I've seen before include "Liqueur originally containing wormwood" , "alcohol" , "Potent green gin-type liquor - wormwood" , "Liqueur - the basin (anag)" , "Strong liquour in the basin?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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