
There is no need to take into account what ingredient is being measured since a cup of water is equal to a cup of butter is equal to a cup of salt, rice, or anything else you might find in a recipe. Sample task: convert two cups of flour to teaspoons, using the UK / Imperial definitions. If we want to calculate how many Tablespoons are 0.25 Cups we have to multiply 0.25 by 16 and divide the product by 1. Sample task: convert half a cup of water to teaspoons, adhering to the US definition of each unit. The conversion from cups to teaspoons is painless as both units measure volume. One can derive these results from the definitions in milliliters through basic algebraic operations. In the Imperial (UK) versions of the same units there are precisely 48 teaspoons in a cup. There are 48.7 teaspoons in a cup if we use US cups and US teaspoons as our definitions. If, however, you want to do the conversion by hand see the next section. Our cups to tsp converter should be the choice when speed and convenience matter. One teaspoon is defined as exactly 5 milliliters under the US standard, while an Imperial teaspoon is 20% larger at 6 ml.Ĭups and teaspoons both measure volume making it easy to convert between them and make them practically interchangeable. Teaspoons also have different definitions: the US teaspoon and the Imperial teaspoon. Both of these are supported by this converter. tablespoons (the answer to your question) One fourth cup ¼ of 16 ¼ 16 4 tablespoons. From there onwards, the math is quite simple. Pre-1970 American recipes might contain measurements in Imperial cups which are slightly larger at 284 ml. It is generally agreed that 16 tablespoons go into one cup. The most used is the US legal cup which is defined as containing 240 ml of volume as per a 1970 international treaty the US is a part to. The cup is a unit for measuring volume with several definitions in use. Imperial Cups to Imperial teaspoons table.Modern recipes will follow the standard metric unit, old recipes may use the imperial cup size of 227.3 ml.īelow is a basic conversion chart for your reference or for an online calculator try the one from Donna Hay. Keep in mind, however, that the metric cup is not considered to be the official metric unit by the UK Metric Association.Ĭheck the date that your recipe was published as old recipes will refer to imperial cups and spoons which are bigger than the metric (284.13 ml). UK, New Zealand & South African Recipes (250 ml)Ĭup measures in these countries are now almost obsolete but when they do feature in a recipe they will be for the international 'metric' cup. This measurement is generally used in nutrition labelling which is specified by the Food and Drug Administration in their guidelines. It originates comes from the US customary system. This is the most common cup measurement that will be used in most recipes.

The US is the most complicated as there are two main sizes - the ' customary cup' and the ' legal cup'. The rest of the world uses the international metric tablespoon measurement of 15ml. While Australia uses the international 'metric' cup it is the only country in the world that uses the traditional tablespoon measurement of 20ml. However, if your recipe is an old British recipe, it'll probably mean the imperial cup.īelow is a summary of what constitutes a cup and spoon measure for each country. In the UK and the rest of the Commonwealth, there's the metric cup. In the United States, there are two main sizes of a cup. This means that the conversion of cups to tablespoons will depend on which country your recipe is from and which tablespoon you have in your kitchen drawer. Worldwide there are different measurements for tablespoons and cups.
