Convert kitchen measures by volume: teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, milliliters and liters, using US customary sizes.
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A US cup is 236.5882365 mL and holds exactly 16 tablespoons, and 1 tablespoon is exactly 3 teaspoons. Going the other way, 200 mL is about 0.84535057 US cups, a little more than three quarters of a cup.
Every amount is converted through milliliters using US customary definitions: a cup is 236.5882365 mL, a tablespoon is one sixteenth of a cup at about 14.79 mL, and a teaspoon is one third of a tablespoon at about 4.93 mL. The cup-to-spoon relationships are therefore exact.
Spoons and cups measure volume, not weight, so this tool never converts cups to grams: the weight of a cup depends on the ingredient and on how it is filled. For liters and gallons use the Volume Converter, and to change the number of servings use the Recipe Scaler.
This converter uses US customary measures. A US cup is 236.5882365 mL, a tablespoon is one sixteenth of a cup, about 14.79 mL, and a teaspoon is one third of a tablespoon, about 4.93 mL. That gives the handy relationships 1 cup = 16 tablespoons and 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons, which are exact. Converting a metric amount, 200 mL is about 0.84535057 US cups, a little more than three quarters of a cup.
Many countries round spoons to metric sizes. A metric tablespoon is 15 mL and a teaspoon is 5 mL, so 15 mL is about 1.01442068 US tablespoons and 5 mL about 1.01442068 US teaspoons, a difference of about 1.4% that does not matter in most cooking. Australia is an exception with a 20 mL tablespoon, a third more than elsewhere, which matters for baking powder, salt and gelatine. Cups vary even more: 250 mL in many metric recipes and 200 mL in Japan.
Spoons and cups measure volume, so the weight of a cup depends on the ingredient and how it is filled. A cup of flour can weigh noticeably more when scooped than when spooned in and levelled, while a cup of sugar or butter weighs more than a cup of flour. For consistent baking, convert recipes to grams using the weight stated in the recipe or on the package. Use the Volume Converter for liters and gallons, and the Recipe Scaler to change the number of servings.
| Input | Result |
|---|---|
1 cup (US) → mL | 236.5882365 |
1 cup (US) → tbsp | 16 |
1 tbsp → tsp | 3 |
15 mL → tbsp | 1.01442068 |
5 mL → tsp | 1.01442068 |
200 mL → cup (US) | 0.84535057 |
Almost. A metric tablespoon is 15 mL and a metric teaspoon is 5 mL, so 15 mL is about 1.01442068 US tablespoons and 5 mL about 1.01442068 US teaspoons — a difference of roughly 1.4% that rarely matters. Australia is the exception with a 20 mL tablespoon, a third larger, which does matter for baking powder, salt and gelatine.
It depends on where the recipe was written. This converter uses the US cup of 236.5882365 mL, many metric recipes use a 250 mL cup and Japan uses a 200 mL cup. When a recipe crosses borders, check the cup size the author intended before scaling anything else.
Because that needs a density for each ingredient, and even then the result varies with technique. A cup of flour weighs noticeably more when scooped than when spooned in and levelled, and a cup of sugar or butter weighs more than a cup of flour. For consistent baking, work in grams using the weight stated in the recipe or on the package.