Cooking
Cooking Measurement Converter
Convert teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, and liters.
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A tablespoon is three teaspoons, and a US cup is a fixed pile of milliliters. This list is the kitchen spoons and the US cup, pint, quart, and gallon.
The weight of flour in that cup is a different job. That sits on the ingredient converter.
The cup on this page
The US cup factor is 236.5882365 mL. Six significant digits of that number display as 236.588 mL. A metric cup of 240 mL is a different convention and is not in this list.
Spoons stay exact
Three teaspoons make one tablespoon, because the tablespoon factor is three times the teaspoon factor. A US fluid ounce is two tablespoons.
Worked example: 1 US cup
From cups to milliliters with value 1. The result is 236.588 mL. The stored factor is 236.5882365 mL.
\[ 1\,\mathrm{US\ cup}=236.5882365\,\mathrm{mL} \]
Frequently asked questions
Why not 240 mL?
240 mL is a metric cup used in some kitchens. This list is the US customary cup.
Is a teaspoon always 5 mL?
A US teaspoon here is 4.92892159375 mL. A cook’s 5 mL teaspoon is a rounded cousin.
How many tablespoons in a cup?
Sixteen. The tablespoon is 1/16 of the cup in this list.
Does this convert grams of rice?
No. Empty volume only. Rice and flour have their own weights on the ingredient page.
Are UK spoons here?
No. Teaspoons, tablespoons, fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons are the US sizes.
References
Assumptions and limitations
US kitchen volume only. A metric cup of 240 mL is not in the list, and no ingredient density is applied.