Humble, gives the tea bags back to (7)
I believe the answer is:
chasten
'humble' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the tea bags back to' is the wordplay.
'the tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'back' suggests the final letters (the letter at the back).
'to' becomes 'ten' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The last letter of 'bags' is 's'.
'cha'+'s'+'ten'='CHASTEN'
'gives' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chasten that I've seen before include "Suppress" , "Subdue the pride of, discipline" , "Subdue - a stench (anag)" , "Moderate" , "Subdue, correct by punishing" .)