Teaspoon
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Image:Teaspoon sugar.jpg A teaspoon is a small spoon that can hold about 5 milliliters of liquid. It is commonly used to stir the contents of a cup of tea or coffee. Teaspoons with longer handles are commonly used for ice cream.
The teaspoon is also used as a unit of volume, especially in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. It is abbreviated in English as t. or tsp. (German: TL, from Teelöffel). The modern definition of 1 teaspoon is 5 mL, defined, for example, in U.S. federal law (21CFR101.9(b)(5)(viii)). The same definition is used in many other countries (e.g., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom). Older definitions of the unit teaspoon include
- 1 U.S. customary teaspoon = 1/6 U.S. fl. oz (4.93 mL)
- 1 Imperial teaspoon = 1/8 Imperial fl. oz (3.55 mL)
A related unit is
- 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons
Teaspoons used for stirring hot drinks are not usually designed to contain any standard volume. For measuring precisely, special measuring spoons are available.
Other spoon sizes include the tablespoon and the dessert spoon. Many recipes call for 'heaping' (or 'heaped' in British English) spoon measures. A 'heaping/heaped tablespoon', for example, refers to an inexact volume of the required ingredient, obtained by scooping it up with a tablespoon and not levelling it off.
Much less common is the coffee spoon, which is a smaller version of the teaspoon.
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