One level tablespoon (15 ml) of Water weighs about 15 g. A teaspoon is around 5 g, a 200 ml cup around 200 g, and an everyday Korean rice spoon holds roughly 11 g level.
Water is the reference: 1 ml weighs 1 g, so volume and weight are the same number. Stocks and broths behave close enough to water for kitchen purposes.
A liquid tablespoon is full to a slight dome, not to the brim.
Conversion table
| Unit | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 tbsp (15 ml) | 15 g |
| 1 tsp (5 ml) | 5 g |
| 1 cup (200 ml) | 200 g |
| 1 paper cup (180 ml) | 180 g |
| 1 Korean rice spoon | 11 g |
Measuring with a rice spoon or paper cup
A recipe tablespoon is 15 ml and a Korean recipe cup is 200 ml, but the spoon in your cutlery drawer holds about 11 ml level and a paper cup holds 180 ml. Measuring with everyday utensils therefore puts in roughly a quarter less than the recipe intends.
Heaping the spoon brings it close to a proper tablespoon. For salt, baking powder and anything else where a small error changes the outcome, use measuring spoons or a scale instead.