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In Canada, a teaspoon is historically 1 ⁄ 6 imperial fluid ounce (4.74 mL) and a tablespoon is 1 ⁄ 2 imperial fl oz (14.21 mL). In both Britain and Canada, cooking utensils commonly come in 5 mL for teaspoons and 15 mL for tablespoons, hence why it is labelled as that on the chart.
A teaspoon (tsp.) is a small spoon that can be used to stir a cup of tea or coffee, or as a tool for measuring volume. [1] [2] The size of teaspoons ranges from about 2.5 to 7.3 ml (about 0·088 to 0·257 imperial fluid ounce or 0·085 to 0·247 US fluid ounce).
Metric measuring spoons are available in sets, usually between four and six, typically with decilitre (100 ml), tablespoon (15 ml), teaspoon (5 ml) and millilitre measures. [citation needed] For fractional measures, there is often a line inside to indicate "half" or "a quarter", or a separate measure may be included, like 1 ⁄ 2 dl.
1 Australian metric tablespoon = 20 ml = 1 1 / 3 international metric tablespoons = 2 metric dessert spoons, 1 metric dessert spoon = 10 ml each = 4 metric teaspoons, 1 metric teaspoon = 5 ml each ≈ 5.63 British imperial fluid drachms ≈ 0.7 British imperial fluid ounce ≈ 1.41 UK tablespoons ≈ 2.82 UK dessert spoons
3.696 691 195 3125 ml in the U.S. customary system [5]: C-5, C-12 3.551 632 8125 ml in the British Imperial system [5]: C-7 [18] A teaspoonful has been considered equal to one fluid dram for medical prescriptions. [19] However, by 1876 the teaspoon had grown considerably larger than it was previously, measuring 80–85 minims. [20]
Similar in size to a soup spoon (intermediate between a teaspoon and a tablespoon) but with an oval rather than round bowl, it typically has a capacity around twice that of a teaspoon. By extension, the term "dessert spoon" is used as a cooking measure of volume, usually of 10 millilitres (mL), 1 ⁄ 3 US fl oz, or 1 ⁄ 4 imp fl oz.
In the early 2000s some companies began selling measuring spoons that defined a dash as 1 ⁄ 8 teaspoon, a pinch as 1 ⁄ 16 teaspoon, and a smidgen as 1 ⁄ 32 teaspoon. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Based on these spoons, there are two smidgens in a pinch and two pinches in a dash.
In the United Kingdom, a pinch is traditionally 1 / 2 UK salt spoon, [5] the equivalence of 1 / 4 UK teaspoon. 1 / 2 UK salt spoon is an amount of space that can accommodate 15 British imperial minims ( 1 / 4 British imperial fluid drachm or 1 / 32 British imperial fluid ounce; about 14·41 US customary ...