🧪 Teaspoon to mL Converter
Convert teaspoons to milliliters for any ingredient. Select ingredient type for weight conversions.
| Teaspoons | mL | Tablespoons | fl oz | cups |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.25 tsp | 1.23 mL | 1/12 tbsp | 0.04 fl oz | — |
| 0.5 tsp | 2.46 mL | 1/6 tbsp | 0.08 fl oz | — |
| 1 tsp | 4.93 mL | 1/3 tbsp | 0.17 fl oz | 1/48 cup |
| 2 tsp | 9.86 mL | 2/3 tbsp | 0.33 fl oz | 1/24 cup |
| 3 tsp | 14.79 mL | 1 tbsp | 0.5 fl oz | 1/16 cup |
| 6 tsp | 29.57 mL | 2 tbsp | 1 fl oz | 1/8 cup |
| 12 tsp | 59.15 mL | 4 tbsp | 2 fl oz | 1/4 cup |
| 24 tsp | 118.29 mL | 8 tbsp | 4 fl oz | 1/2 cup |
| 36 tsp | 177.44 mL | 12 tbsp | 6 fl oz | 3/4 cup |
| 48 tsp | 236.59 mL | 16 tbsp | 8 fl oz | 1 cup |
| Ingredient | mL (volume) | Grams | oz (weight) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water | 4.93 mL | 4.93 g | 0.17 oz |
| Milk | 4.93 mL | 5.08 g | 0.18 oz |
| Honey | 4.93 mL | 7.00 g | 0.25 oz |
| All-Purpose Flour | 4.93 mL | 2.60 g | 0.09 oz |
| Granulated Sugar | 4.93 mL | 4.17 g | 0.15 oz |
| Vegetable Oil | 4.93 mL | 4.54 g | 0.16 oz |
| Melted Butter | 4.93 mL | 4.73 g | 0.17 oz |
| Table Salt | 4.93 mL | 5.69 g | 0.20 oz |
You likely noticed many times that little spoon in your drawer, ready for stirring tea or coffee. Even so it served also as one of the most practical measures in the kitchen. The size of teaspoons changes a lot somewhere around 2.5 millilitres to 7.3 millilitres, according to the land of origin.
But the standard? It matches 5 millilitres. Truly, it ranks among the most useful tools available.
Teaspoon Size and How to Measure It
The typical teaspoon measures around 13 to 15 centimetres in length.
Here where it becomes practical: one teaspoon matches a third part of tablespoon. Combine three of them give you exactly one tablespoon. Tablespoon holds 15 millilitres, so threefold that, what a teaspoon keeps.
According to American measures, teaspoon is about 1/6 liquid ounce, while tablespoon reach 1/2 liquid ounce. There is also the middle one, called dessert-spoon, that sits aruond 10 millilitres. It matches two teaspoons.
Measuring spoons almost always come in sets. The most common four-part series carries one quarter of teaspoon, one half of teaspoon, one full teaspoon and one tablespoon. In metric system that means 1.25 mL, 2.5 mL, 5 mL and 15 mL straight.
Because they are calibrated, using them you receive much more exact results then a regular spoon from your drawer. Most of those sets are joined on a ring or chain for simple storage.
Now, truly matters the difference between flat and heaped teaspoon. If a recipe simply says “one teaspoon” without extra explanations, it means the flat, that is exactly to the edge. Heaped teaspoon adds a little hill up and holds clearly more.
Here the key spot: one heaped teaspoon does not match reliably two flat. The amount changes.
The everyday home teaspoon, that you use for stirring your morning coffee, commonly is quite close to the standard size. But because all of them have a bit different sizes, risky to believe that it is precise. What about that bigger spoon for cereals?
It is closer to a tablespoon. In recipes, mention of teaspoon or tablespoon always means the official measuring version, not your usual silverware.
In recipe short forms one uses big T for tablespoon and little t for teaspoon. If it seems small, mixing them can cause too salty or too bland food. A pinch is around 1/8 of teaspoon, what makes it the smallest standard unit in cooking.
Teaspoon usually is the most common in the sets, and honestly, it commonly is the first that disappears.
One teaspoon holds around 5 grams of powder or 5 millilitres of liquid. Tablespoon, the other way, holds at least 15 grams of powder or 15 millilitres ofliquid. Those conversions help a lot, when you exactly follow a recipe.
