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Tastes juice, returning to drink coffee — not a tea, say (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palates

'tastes' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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