It turns out that this incredibly popular question needs to be addressed. I will present it briefly, in the form of questions and answers. For one thing here about “how much caffeine is in coffee” - more about that at the end.
How many grams of ground and instant coffee are in a spoon with or without a slide?
| Level teaspoon (5 ml) | Heaped teaspoon | Level tablespoon (15 ml) | Heaped tablespoon | |
| Instant coffee | 2 grams | 3 grams | 5 grams | 7 grams |
| Ground coffee | 3 grams | 6 grams | 8 grams | 15 grams |
Nuances:
- You need to understand that spoons come in different shapes and volumes; deviations of +/- 1 ml for a teaspoon and up to +3/-2 ml for a tablespoon are typical. Tables larger than 18 ml are practically never found.
- In the West and in the CIS, different volumes of spoons are accepted. For example, a dining room in the West is considered on average to be 15 ml. And since the dishes in our homes are now mostly foreign, the table above shows a guideline for just such a tablespoon. In the USSR, the norm was 18 ml.
- When we write “1 teaspoon” or “1 tablespoon” in the text, they mean with a slide, in the west - without a slide.
- The grinding of ground coffee and the freeze-dried instant fraction directly affects weight. The smaller it is, the more it goes into the spoon. Instant is powdered, then its weight in a spoon is approximately equal to ground or slightly less. Coarse ground coffee grinds for a French press can be up to 2 grams lighter per tablespoon than espresso grinds.
Statements like “how can you measure coffee in spoons, you need scales with a minimum accuracy of one tenth of a gram!” I deliberately left it out of brackets; if you have grown to such an approach, then this text is, in principle, of no use to you.
How many teaspoons of coffee per cup?
Now let’s calculate the amount of ground Arabica coffee per cup: how many spoons of coffee should be put in 100 ml of water. If you take a coarse grind, then for brewing you need to put two large heaped teaspoons. The measure corresponds to 7 g and is equal to 1 tbsp. l.
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Delicious coffee recipes: the right proportions
You can prepare your favorite drink in different ways. Everyone has their own tricks and favorite recipes.
Classic Turkish coffee
To prepare 2 cups of drink you will need:
- 220 ml of cold water, bottled or filtered;
- 2 tsp. with a pile of ground coffee;
- 1 tsp. sugar, better than cane sugar;
- a little salt (it’s better to take a few grains of sea salt);
- cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla - optional.
Preparation:
- Add sugar and put the Turk on the fire. Achieve light caramelization - the color of the sugar should turn brownish.
- Pour in water and bring to a boil.
- Remove the cezve from the heat, add coffee, throw in salt.
- Heat over low heat until thick foam appears on the surface.
- Remove the Turk from the heat again, wait until the foam cap falls off, and repeat the action 3-4 more times.
Attention!
It is better to use a copper, brass or ceramic cezve. After the coffee is ready, you can add cinnamon, vanilla or other spices to it. The drink is poured into cups without filtering.
Suitable cookware
Coffee is brewed using different devices. To prepare a delicious drink, coffee lovers buy the following:
- Turka: traditional and common tableware. It is a pot-bellied copper barrel with a long handle.
- Pour over: A new cooking method that is common in Western countries. A funnel passes hot water through a paper filter filled with ground coffee mass.
- Geyser coffee maker: is a vessel in which hot water from the lower section rises to the upper section, where the ground coffee powder is located.
- Coffee machine: an electrical device where all actions are automated. Popular.
Interesting! How to make a latte in a coffee machine
Read more in the article “What to brew coffee in: a review of cookware.”
What do you use to brew your coffee?
TurkishCoffee machine
What is the size of a coffee cup
Coffee lovers often wonder what size a cup of coffee should be? But as various sources show, there is no single standard on this issue. Everywhere you can find volumes from 130 ml and up to 200 ml. However, if you arm yourself with a measuring cup and independently examine the coffee cups on the store shelves, then the minimum volume is 120 ml. But if you take a “French press”, designed for 8 cups, judging from the name “Kenya 8 cups”, and conduct a practical experiment on pouring coffee, then it turns out that the volume of the cup is 110 ml. So, in Russia, it is generally accepted that a cup is designed for
100-130 ml
coffee, in the USA they like to use larger mugs - from 140 to 180 ml. This applies specifically to the coffee cup!
However, all over the world there is a different idea of a coffee cup; here many people imagine the so-called “demitas”, a half cup. Its maximum volume is 60 ml, but they prefer to standardize coffee to 30 ml, which is how much coffee shops usually pour espresso and oriental coffee. Where “they know everything about coffee” they are more likely to serve a small 3 ml spoon of “mocha” along with the demitas!
“Why is it customary to drink coffee in 30 ml cups?” you ask. It's simple! This tradition dates back to ancient times, when the price of a gram of coffee was equal to a gram of gold. But now coffee is much more accessible and you can drink it in cups, and it will not be considered bad manners. By the way, aristocrats often try to drink coffee in half cups, speaking of large volumes as “bad manners.” However, for anyone who prefers a lot of coffee, it’s safe to say that this is not relevant today! Drink coffee with pleasure, but follow the health rules!
The largest cups of coffee in the world
The Guinness Book of Records, as we know, is replenished with the most unusual achievements. And the “coffee” theme is no exception! So, for example, the book is sometimes updated with news about the world's largest coffee cup. The innovation first appeared in 1994 in New York, when 2500 liters of coffee were brewed from 136 kg of Arabica coffee. The height of the cup was 2700 mm, diameter 1500 mm.
Then, on 04/01/2007, Panama set a record by making an even larger coffee cup and brewing 3409 liters of coffee in it in 4 hours. It was the coffee company Café Duran. The height of the cup was 2750 mm, and the diameter was 1500 mm; 136 kg of coffee was poured into the drink. Then the coffee was greeted with a live orchestra, fireworks and applause during a speech by company director Ricardo Duran. This event was planned to attract public attention to show everyone how quickly Panama is developing in the field of coffee.
Another record was set in April 2008 in Vietnam in Bien Hoa, when for a local holiday the Vinacafe company brought almost a ton of coffee (818 kg) to brew it in a huge vessel for 3613 liters of drink.
For such an event, a double stainless steel coffee cup with a diameter of 2340 mm and a height of 1530 mm with a stand of 6 tons was made. To make the holiday a success, representatives from the Guinness Book of Records were invited to it and 160 people were involved to pour coffee into an unusual cup with 4000 liters of boiling water. In addition, the coffee was stirred by several people at once with a three-meter spoon.
After setting the record, the record-breaking cup of 3-in-1 coffee continued its journey through its homeland Vietnam: first it visited Hanoi, then Phu Tho, celebrating a holiday in honor of the founding of the country - the Hung Dynasty.
Even later, an American company in Las Vegas set a world record by introducing an even larger cup of coffee. It held 32,160 cups of an invigorating drink or 7,608 liters!
2017-01-04
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The strength and taste of the drink directly depends on how many spoons of coffee are placed in the cup. But one container can be 100 ml, and another 200. Spoons also come in different sizes. Yes, and you can fill them heaped or flush with the edges. Therefore, the calculation of the volume of ground grain in cutlery is conditional. We will teach you how to navigate the world of household measurements and suggest options for different recipes and brewing methods.
How to reduce coffee bean consumption without compromising the quality of the drink
Some housewives are interested in how to reduce the consumption of coffee beans in a coffee machine to prepare one cup of coffee. The answer to this question lies in the type of coffee maker you use:
- It will not be possible to reduce the coffee consumption per cup in a capsule-type coffee machine, since the required amount of product is already contained in one capsule.
- In carob coffee makers, you can reduce consumption if you use a measuring spoon while preparing the drink.
From the outside it may seem that saving 1-2 grams is insignificant, but if you calculate how much extra is spent during the week, month and year, then the advantages of using a measuring spoon become obvious. At the same time, reducing the daily amount of coffee by 1-2 grams will not affect the taste and aroma of the drink.
Wonderful coffee
In fact, the quality characteristics of the drink are influenced by the selected beans and the coffee machine itself. To get delicious coffee, you need to choose trusted producers who have earned the trust of customers. As a rule, such brands offer a wide range of devices in different price ranges, differing in their characteristics, options and design, so each person can choose a device according to personal preferences.
How does grinding affect the weight of coffee?
To find out the exact weight of coffee, you also need to take into account the degree of grinding of the beans. This is clearly noticeable by the mass of soluble freeze-dried and powder varieties of the product in the same container. The difference between them is about 1 g. Accordingly, natural products will differ in weight.
The above measures refer to the medium grind size suitable for preparing the drink in a coffee machine and carob coffee maker. Most products on the market are crushed in this way. Therefore, they often resort to using it.
In the case of fine grain grinding, which is needed for cezve, there will be more ground coffee in a teaspoon in grams. For a coarse grind suitable for a French press, slightly less.
Thus, when grinding into dust, 4 g without top and 7 with top will fit in a spoon, and when grinding coarsely, about 2 without top and 5 with a heap.
This point is extremely important to consider in order to choose the right proportions. Otherwise, the result will not be as expected, and therefore you will not be able to cheer up and have fun.
How many grams of coffee are you allowed to drink in 24 hours?
If you compare how many grams of coffee you can drink per day based on the amount of caffeine per gram of drink, you get a very small amount. A safe dose is 2 KE, that is, 200 milligrams of caffeine corresponds to one use. If a person drinks 2 double expressos or 400 ml of brewed coffee, then there will be no harm to the health of the body. But provided that at least 6 hours pass before the next drink.
If a person consumes a product with a volume that is 2 times less, then he will be able to drink another cup after three hours.
Now you know how many cups of coffee you can drink per day. This is determined by how early a person gets up and how long they remain awake.
How much coffee is recommended to consume per day?
Lovers of coffee drinks should not forget that this is a stimulant that has an effect on the entire body, and mainly on the cardiovascular system. Doctors recommend strictly limiting the amount of coffee consumed per day.
Capsules for coffee machine
For a healthy person, 500 ml of a medium-strength drink per day is enough. Naturally, if we are talking about espresso, then the maximum permissible amount of drink per day should not exceed 150 ml.
Individual (basic) spoons
Spoon capacity
It is difficult to answer in one phrase how many grams fit into a tablespoon or teaspoon. A full-size tablespoon, the length of which is 7 cm and the width is 4 cm, holds 10-15 g of cocoa, flour, coffee. A teaspoon holds 5 g of milk or water, 5-7 g of sugar, 4-5 g of cocoa, flour, coffee, 5-8 g of rice, 7-10 g of salt.
Tablespoon. This spoon is used for first hot dishes. Its length is average between the size of a fork and a table knife. When serving, the spoon is placed with the ladle up to the right of the plate. When fully served, it is placed next to the knife intended for fish.
Dessert spoon. This spoon should be on the table if fruit in syrup, pudding, berries with cream, mousse and similar dishes are served as dessert. As a rule, a spoon for grapefruits has an elongated scoop, and for kiwis it has a round one. A dessert spoon is slightly larger than a dessert fork. It is usually placed above the plate with the scoop to the left.
Ice cream spoon. This spoon has a spatula shape and slightly curved edges. It is smaller in size than a dessert one. It is placed on the table if ice cream is served.
Spoon for cold drinks. In terms of the size and shape of the scoop, such a spoon is similar to a tea spoon, but has an elongated handle.
Tea spoon. Its purpose is to stir sugar in tea, cocoa, hot chocolate and coffee with milk. It looks like a dessert spoon and a tablespoon, but is shorter than them. It is served only with a tea pair.
Coffee spoon. It is served at the table if coffee is part of the meal. It is usually served with oriental coffee or black coffee. In its shape it is practically no different from a teaspoon, but it is miniature.
Benefits of using a coffee machine
Having a coffee machine at home allows you to save free time and gives you the opportunity to prepare an invigorating drink according to the best international standards right in your kitchen. The main thing for making delicious coffee is to choose the right model of coffee machine, and learn to calculate the optimal coffee consumption in the coffee machine for 1 serving.
Some people prefer a strong drink, while others just like the aroma, but the strength seems unnecessary. For this reason, it is difficult to name the exact amount of ground coffee, especially since this figure may differ for different machines. The best solution is to purchase a high-quality coffee maker with detailed instructions. As a rule, it indicates options for preparing coffee of various strengths.
Delonghi
Experienced baristas recommend paying attention to brands such as Saeco and Delonghi. These manufacturers have proven themselves on the positive side, as evidenced by numerous positive customer reviews.
How to drink coffee without harming your health?
Often people don’t think about how much coffee they can drink. It is important to figure out how many cups and mugs of coffee you can drink. Traditional small coffee cups are out of favor today. Increasingly, preference is given to large, universal mugs. True, some drink half the container, while others drink the full one. Therefore, it is more correct to pose the question this way: how much coffee can you drink per day, regardless of whether you drink it from a glass or from a porcelain cup.
It also matters how much milk is in the coffee. Different drinks differ in composition.
Thus, due to the large number of external factors, the measurement is usually carried out in accordance with a single coffee unit (abbreviated as KU) - 10 mg of caffeine. So, this dose is indicated in the following compositions:
- in 200 ml of coffee beans;
- in 60 ml espresso.
Number of beans in different types of coffee machines
Capsule machine
This device is easy to operate. And you don’t need to calculate how many grams of ground powder to put in a mug.
To prepare the drink, use a special capsule - one per cup. It contains 6-9 grams of ground coffee mass. One kilogram is enough for 111-167 capsules.
Coffee maker
The equipment operates on the drip principle. The coffee mass is poured into a funnel in the form of a fine mesh and water is added.
Hot water passes through the coffee layer and drops dropwise into a transparent container. Place two heaped teaspoons of powder on one cup - 12-14 grams. Therefore, a kilogram of grains will yield 71-83 servings.
Turk
Add 2-3 teaspoons of ground powder - 8-12 grams - to a copper container.
From a kilogram package you can brew 83-125 cups of tasty and aromatic liquid.
Coffee machines
The memory bookmarks of each device contain a specific program for preparing a drink. The software also allows you to adjust the strength. Three modes:
- strong - 10 grams;
- average - 9;
- weak - 8.
When consuming 1 kg of coffee in a coffee machine, 100, 110 and 120 servings are obtained.
French press
This is a glass teapot with a press handle that is attached to a fine mesh. Coarse or fine grinding is suitable for this cookware.
Expert opinion
Vadim Kudryavtsev
Coffee expert, professional barista and simply in love with this aromatic drink.
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Powder is added to a French press at the rate of 2 teaspoons per serving. Pour hot water into the container and lower the press down. It purifies water from small particles of coffee mass.
A kilogram package will yield 125 cups of drink.
Interesting! What should a Turk be made of?
Chemex
The cookware was invented by the chemist Peter Schlumbom. This is a glass flask with a narrow and high funnel. It is needed for comfortable pouring of liquid and removal of excess air.
A paper filter is placed inside the vessel, into which hot water is first poured, and then ground grains are poured. Proportions: for 500 milligrams of boiling water - 30 grams of coarse or medium-ground powder.
After 5 minutes, the filter with grounds is removed, and the invigorating liquid is poured into 4 cups. A kilogram of beans in a Chemex will yield 132 servings.
conclusions
Many people call a mug a cup or, conversely, without even thinking about the differences between these forms:
- a mug is suitable for those who like large volumes, a cup for those who need 250 ml or less;
- The height of the cup is lower and more rounded than the mug;
- mugs are used for daily use, cups for tea and coffee are only for festive events or when visiting a restaurant;
- the handle of the mug is wider due to its large capacity, the handle of the cup is elegant;
- The walls of the cup are thinner, with the exception of the coffee walls, while those of the mug are thicker.
- a cup is served paired with a saucer, a mug - one;
- In case of severe chills, the mug will warm you up. It’s enough to wrap your fingers around it and bring your face closer to the drink; you won’t get this effect with a cup.
Briefly about grinding
Coffee is essentially a herbal infusion. To prepare a tasty drink, you need to follow three rules: choose a good grain, fry it correctly and grind it to the desired degree of grinding.
Grinding affects the taste of the liquid and the number of coffee beans that need to be put into the coffee pot or coffee machine.
Expert opinion
Vadim Kudryavtsev
Coffee expert, professional barista and simply in love with this aromatic drink.
Ask the barista a question
The substances that make up the grains enter the water in different ways. Fine grinding contains aromatic components that quickly disintegrate when heated. If you leave the Turk on the fire, the coffee will turn out bitter. If you remove it ahead of time, the liquid will be sour.
Find out more in the article “Types of coffee grinding and what it affects.”
