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Kind of coffee Standard journalists love? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

espresso

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'kind of coffee' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'standard journalists love?' is the wordplay.
'standard' becomes 'es' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'love?' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'es'+'press'+'o'='ESPRESSO'

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(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "Strong coffee made with steam machine" , "Steamed coffee" , "Italian-style coffee" , "Coffee (S, not X)" , "Kind of coffee made with steam" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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