In some countries, the teaspoon is used as a unit of volume, especially in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. It is abbreviated in English as t. or tsp., German and Dutch: TL, from Teelöffel or Theelepel. A teaspoon is often taken to mean 5 millilitres. 1 millilitre of water is 1 gram. Only pure water!
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grams are small! 1 tsp Sugar, brown 4.6 grams 1 tsp Sugar, granulated 4.2 grams 1 tsp Sugar, powdered (unsifted) 2.5 grams http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/gram_calc.htm
There is 5 ml/grams in a tsp. Milliliters and grams are the same volume.
There are 5 grams of sugar in one teaspoon
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1 teaspoon is 3 grams
4.2grams = 1 teaspoon
That is approximately 9.8 tsp
1 tsp is 5 grams. 2 tsp is 10 grams
1 tsp salt equals 5.69 grams. When a recipe calls for 1 tsp salt, it means one level teaspoon and not a heaped teaspoon, unless otherwise stated.
There are about 2.4 teaspoons in 12 grams of baking soda.
Four teaspoons in 20 grams 1 TSP = 5 grams