Cup (unit)

The ( or ) cup (from Latin pocillum [ nt. ], German Cup ) is an Anglo-American unit of measurement used in the kitchen for the volume, ie, a measure of space. The unit designation is cup, or, if not clear from the context which definition is meant, Imp.cup or US.cup.

In American recipes the American Cup ( U.S. Cup) still widely in use. The British Cup (Imperial Cup) in Britain itself hardly common, but only in some former colonies. If one uses a metric measuring cup, 235 ml is a useful approximation for the U.S. Cup and 285 ml for the Imperial Cup.

Although the Cup literally means cup, but is different from the usual, for example, in German recipes approximate measure cup a defined entity. Although there are several different definitions of the Cup, yet each of these definitions describes each an exact amount. A local coffee cup is usually also noticeably smaller than a cup, which must be taken, for example, when translating recipes.

Imperial Measurement

Cup

It follows: 1 Imp.cup = 1.20095 US.cup

For both systems of units: 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 32 gill.

Tea cup

For both systems of units: 1 pint = 2 cups = 3 tea cup

Metric System

With the introduction of the metric system of measurement, many traditional units were adapted to metric dimensions. So also with the cup. 1 liter therefore corresponds to 4 or (in Japan) 5 cups.

Common dimensions for European coffee machines.

The traditional measuring cup Masu Sake has a capacity of