1 teacup versus 1 breakfast cup?

bedwarmer, Jan 1, 8:21am
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A recipe says "1 small teacup sugar ... 1 large breakfast cup flour".

What's the difference between 1 teacup and 1 breakfast cup?

nanasee1, Jan 1, 8:26am
My memory is that a teacup is around 6 fluid ounces (about 178 ml), a breakfast cup is 8 fluid ounces (about 240 ml). Hope this helps.

olwen, Jan 1, 8:48am
My memory was that a breakfast cup was somewhat bigger than that.I found this page http://www.csgnetwork.com/cookmeasuretable.htmlBut beware (and probably ignore) the US equivalents.

cookessentials, Jan 1, 8:48am
Courtesy Alexa Johnson.."Ladies a plate"

The first set of measurements is from the original recipe – in ounces, cups or spoons. Cup measurements in older recipes can be for a large cup, a breakfast cup, a standard cup, a small cup or a teacup. I've taken this into account in making the recipes and providing the metric conversions. The second set of measurements is metric, in grams or spoons if they are more convenient than weighing. Whichever you choose, stick with one or the other set of measurements for each recipe.

For flour, the weights I arrived at were as follows:

* Large cup – 170 g
* Breakfast cup – 150 g
* Standard cup – 125 g
* Small or tea cup – 100 g *

*3/4 standard cup

For liquid measurements

* Breakfast cup – 300 ml *
* Standard cup – 225 ml
* Teacup – 200 ml

*half a pint

bedwarmer, Jan 1, 9:04am
Excellent. Thank you.

cookessentials, Dec 27, 6:03pm
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You are very welcome.