Sent for his concoction, noting bubbly appearance (10)

I believe the answer is:

frothiness

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'sent for his concoction noting bubbly appearance' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'sent for his concoction' is the wordplay.
'concoction' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sent'+'for'+'his'='sentforhis'
'sentforhis' is an anagram of 'FROTHINESS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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