Exquisite iced tea drunk around end of meal (8)
I believe the answer is:
delicate
'exquisite' is the definition.
('delicate' can be similar in meaning to 'exquisite')
'iced tea drunk around end of meal' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'meal' is 'l'.
'iced'+'tea'='icedtea'
'icedtea' is an anagram of 'deicate'.
'deicate' enclosing 'l' is 'DELICATE'.
(Other definitions for delicate that I've seen before include "Very fine or easily broken" , "Dainty - fragile" , "Very fine; fragile" , "Fine in texture" , "Not strong or healthy" .)