Tea lover organised lift (8)
I believe the answer is:
elevator
'lift' is the definition.
('elevator' can be a synonym of 'lift')
'tea lover organised' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea'+'lover'='tealover'
'tealover' with letters rearranged gives 'ELEVATOR'.
(Other definitions for elevator that I've seen before include "Farm herd" , "US lift" , "may give you a lift" , "An American lift in building" , "An American lift - going up?" .)