Tea, say, always carried in item of luggage with English (8)
I believe the answer is:
beverage
'tea say' is the definition.
(tea is a kind of beverage)
'always carried in item of luggage with english' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'carried in' is an insertion indicator.
'item of luggage' becomes 'bag' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'ever' placed within 'bag' is 'beverag'.
'beverag'+'e'='BEVERAGE'
(Other definitions for beverage that I've seen before include "Liquid for drinking" , "such as a Frappuccino" , "Prepared drink" , "Any drink, say a beer" , "Drink other than water" .)