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The bare ingredients of a simple brew (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

herb tea

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'a simple brew' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'the bare ingredients' is the wordplay.
'ingredients' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'bare'='thebare'
'thebare' is an anagram of 'HERB TEA'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for herb tea that I've seen before include "drink" , "it's healthy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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