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Cooking measurements are mostly small volumes: teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, fluid ounces, and pints, alongside milliliters. Their sizes vary by country, which is a common source of recipe errors. One US tablespoon equals three US teaspoons, or half a US fluid ounce, about 14.8 mL.
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About cooking units
The US customary cup is 8 US fluid ounces, about 236.6 mL. The metric cup used in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and elsewhere is 250 mL, and the traditional UK cup is half an imperial pint, about 284 mL. US and UK fluid ounces and pints also differ: the US pint is 16 US fl oz, and the imperial pint is 20 imperial fl oz.
Volume does not convert directly to weight. A cup of flour and a cup of sugar have very different masses, so baking recipes that list grams are more reliable than those using cups.
Tips
- Identify the recipe's country of origin before converting cups, since US, UK, and metric cups all differ.
- Australian tablespoons are traditionally 20 mL rather than about 15 mL, which matters for strong ingredients like salt or baking soda.
- For baking, weighing ingredients on a kitchen scale is more consistent than measuring by volume.
All cooking units
| Unit | Symbol | Value in milliliters |
|---|---|---|
| Milliliters | mL | 1 mL = 1 mL |
| Teaspoons | tsp | 1 tsp = 4.928922 mL |
| Tablespoons | tbsp | 1 tbsp = 14.78676 mL |
| US Cups | cup | 1 cup = 236.5882 mL |
| Imperial Cups | cup (UK) | 1 cup (UK) = 284.1306 mL |
| Metric Cups | cup (metric) | 1 cup (metric) = 250 mL |
| US Fluid Ounces | fl oz | 1 fl oz = 29.57353 mL |
| Imperial Fluid Ounces | fl oz (UK) | 1 fl oz (UK) = 28.41306 mL |
| US Pints | pt | 1 pt = 473.1765 mL |
| Imperial Pints | pt (UK) | 1 pt (UK) = 568.2613 mL |
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Factors: NIST SP 811 · SI Brochure · NIST Handbook 44 — Updated