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Converting Teaspoons to Grams

Cooking and baking often require precise measurements. Understanding how to convert teaspoons to grams can be crucial for accurately following recipes, especially when working with ingredients like spices and baking powder.

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Common Grams to Teaspoons conversions

Ingredient	Teaspoons per 1 Gram (US)	Teaspoons per 1 Gram (UK / Imperial)
Flour (All-purpose)	0.399 tsp	0.333 tsp
Sugar (Granulated)	0.240 tsp	0.200 tsp
Brown Sugar (Packed)	0.219 tsp	0.183 tsp
Butter	0.210 tsp	0.174 tsp
Honey	0.141 tsp	0.117 tsp
Peanut Butter	0.201 tsp	0.168 tsp
Olive Oil	0.222 tsp	0.183 tsp
Milk	0.201 tsp	0.168 tsp
Water	0.201 tsp	0.168 tsp
Cocoa Powder	0.480 tsp	0.400 tsp
Baking Powder	0.249 tsp	0.207 tsp
Salt (Table Salt)	0.177 tsp	0.147 tsp
Powdered Sugar	0.399 tsp	0.333 tsp
Rice (Uncooked)	0.258 tsp	0.216 tsp
Oats (Rolled Oats)	0.534 tsp	0.444 tsp

Converting Teaspoons to Grams isn't straightforward

Different ingredients have varying densities. This means that the conversion is dependent on the type of ingredient whether it's flour, sugar, butter, oil, or any other ingredient. In addition, granulated ingredients that are packed might end up weighing more than "fluffed" versions of that same ingredient. Liquids and dry ingredients also may have differing values when converted. For example, 1 teaspoon of water weighs about 5 grams, but 1 teaspoon of flour might weigh around 2.5 grams.

Tips for accurate measurements

Accurate measurements in cooking, or really anwhere, can be extremely important. Here are some tips:

Reliable scales: Be sure to use a reliable, high quality digital scale to achieve a prescise measurement. Weighing ingredients in cooking, especially baking, is pretty common - especially if you want to make sure you get your recipe correct.
Dry ingredients: Using a spoon for ingredients like flour or sugar can be useful to fluff the ingredient. Additionally, using a knife or other straight edge to level off your ingredient can help avoid packing ingredients too densely.
Liquid ingredients: Clear measuring cups with graduated markings are usually best for measuring liquids. Be sure that the cup is on a flat surface so as to not tilt the liquid and throw off your measurement.