Possible Clues:

• Bribe substitute going in at teatime?
• Tiny number in Kent area initially rejecting bribe
• Substance like sugar
• Saccharin, sugar or a bribe
• An inducement for the char, possibly
• Something that serves as an enticement
• Terribly resent, though accepting, the small bribe
• Something tart could do with this inducement
• Somehow resent accepting little bribe
• Deal incentive