European is getting into tea and pepper (7)
I believe the answer is:
bestrew
'pepper' is the definition.
(both can mean to scatter or distribute)
'european is getting into tea' is the wordplay.
'european is' becomes 'est' ('is' in French).
'getting into' indicates putting letters inside.
'tea' becomes 'brew' (I've seen this before).
'est' put within 'brew' is 'BESTREW'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for bestrew that I've seen before include "Distribute" , "Scatter about, litter" , "Cover with" , "broadcast?" , "Scatter around as by Webster" .)