Cooking Converter — Cups to mL, Tbsp, Tsp & Fl Oz

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How to use Cooking Measurement Converter

Enter the recipe amount in the “From” field — for example 2 for 2 cups.
Pick the unit the recipe uses (Cup, Tablespoon, Milliliter…) in the first dropdown.
Pick the unit you want to measure with in the second dropdown — the converted amount appears instantly.
Use the swap button to flip the conversion, e.g. cups → mL into mL → cups.

What is Cooking Measurement Converter?

A cooking measurement converter translates recipe quantities between kitchen units — cups to milliliters, tablespoons to teaspoons, or fluid ounces to liters. US recipes measure by volume with a fixed ladder: 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon, 16 tablespoons = 1 cup, 2 cups = 1 pint, 4 cups = 1 quart.

The metric bridge: a US cup is 236.588 mL, a tablespoon 14.79 mL, a teaspoon 4.93 mL. Beware regional cups — a metric cup (Australia) is 250 mL and a Japanese cup 200 mL; this tool uses US measures, which is what American recipe sites mean. For flour and sugar, remember volume is not weight: a cup of flour weighs about 120 g while a cup of sugar weighs 200 g.

About the Cooking Measurement Converter

This converter covers eight kitchen units — milliliter, liter, US teaspoon, US tablespoon, US fluid ounce, US cup, US pint and US quart — converting any pair instantly as you type.

It solves the daily recipe frictions: 2 cups of stock is 473 mL; ¾ cup is 12 tablespoons when your measuring cup is in the dishwasher; a European recipe's 250 mL of cream is 1.057 US cups (just heap it slightly); half a 14.79 mL tablespoon is conveniently one and a half teaspoons. Scaling recipes up or down becomes trivial once everything is in mL.

Anchors: 1 cup = 236.6 mL = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz; 1 tbsp = 3 tsp = 14.8 mL. All conversions run instantly in your browser.

Frequently Asked Questions

A US cup is 236.588 mL (recipes often round to 240 mL). An Australian metric cup is 250 mL and a Japanese cup 200 mL — this tool uses the US cup.

Exactly 3 in the US system (1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL). Note: an Australian tablespoon is 4 teaspoons (20 mL), a classic recipe-translation trap.

16 tablespoons make a cup, so ¼ cup = 4 tbsp, ⅓ cup = 5 tbsp + 1 tsp, ½ cup = 8 tbsp — useful when the right measuring cup isn't clean.

Not directly — this converts volume to volume. Weight depends on the ingredient: a cup of all-purpose flour is ~120 g, sugar ~200 g, butter ~227 g. For baking precision, a kitchen scale beats cups.

No. A fluid ounce is volume (29.57 mL); an ounce is weight (28.35 g). They coincide roughly for water only — 8 fl oz of water weighs about 8.3 oz.