What’s the size of a coffee scoop and how does that compare to a tablespoon? When you’re measuring how much coffee to put in your coffee maker, do you need to measure an exact tablespoon or can you just use the big “tablespoon” sized spoon in your kitchen drawer? Should it be a heaping spoon full?
As you can see, for the coffee drinker, there are lots of potential questions when you’re measuring out how much ground coffee to put into your coffee maker to make the perfect coffee. Let’s go over it all and explain how it works, so you can use the correct amount of coffee to make the perfect cup of coffee that is neither to strong or weak.
What size is a coffee scoop?
As a general rule of thumb a level coffee scoop holds two tablespoons of coffee grounds. A lot of people lose their coffee scoop, so if that is true of you, you can just use a traditional tablespoon measure and add 2 tablespoons in the place of one scoop of coffee.
Another easy way to measure a coffee scoop is in cups. A standard size scoop contains 1/8 of a cup. This means that a tablespoon is 1/16 of a cup, and that’s why it takes 2 tablespoons to equal 1/8 of a cup.
We know a coffee scoop holds 1/8 of a cup. How much is 1/8 of a cup in ounces? The answer is 1 fluid ounce or .125 cups. In metrics a coffee scoop is 30 ml, which you can see in the photo of the standard coffee scoop at the top of the page.
If you don’t have a measuring spoon to know exactly how much a tablespoon is, you can estimate it with the big dinner spoon from your kitchen drawer, which is also often called a tablespoon. Different manufacturers make these in varying sizes, so while this won’t be a definitive answer it will get you fairly close.
How many teaspoons is a coffee scoop?
We’ve already seen that a coffee scoop is the same as 2 level tablespoons of ground coffee. It takes 3 teaspoons to make one tablespoon. This means that 1 coffee scoop is the equivalent of 6 teaspoons.
If you don’t have a measuring spoon that is exactly a teaspoon, you can estimate it with your regular sized spoon that you use at the dinner table (not the big one).
How many cups from a coffee scoop?
As a general guideline, each coffee scoop is intended to make a single cup of coffee. But how big is the size of your cup and what do they mean when they say “a cup of coffee?” A cup of coffee is supposed to be 6 fluid ounces, as you can see from this photo above that is a bag of Trader Joe coffee beans. You’ll see that Trader Joe also confirms 2 tablespoons (which you’ll remember is the same as one standard coffee scoop) makes a single 6 ounce cup of coffee.
Although bags often say 6 ounce coffee mug, Mr Coffee maker and and OXO coffee makers say there are 5 ounces in a cup of coffee from their machines. In large part, the amount of coffee you use depends on whether you like strong coffee or a weaker cup of coffee.
