What do 1/4 cup look like?

Believe it or not, 1/4 cup of flour is closer to 5.5 grams! While you may not have been aware of that before, it’s important to know, especially if you’re planning on baking and need to use flour. A good way to think of 1/4 cup of flour is by comparing it to a baseball. If a baseball were made of flour, it would be about the size of a small golf ball.

cup espresso?

This is the amount of coffee that will make about five or six cups of coffee. A single cup of regular coffee will usually contain around 80 milligrams of caffeine. While one cup of coffee might not be enough to wake you up (depending on how much coffee you usually drink), it can lead to jittery feelings and anxiety.

cup what?

A 1/4 cup is a common “serving” size for most foods. To convert a volume measurement to a weight, use this handy conversion calculator.

cup how much?

A single cup of flour is approximately 4.67 grams. One cup of white sugar is 236 grams. A single cup of butter is 113 grams. One cup of milk is 240 ml. One cup of water is 8 ounces.

pound look like? cup chili look like? cup cheese look like?

A portion is about 1/2 cup, which is the amount of ground beef you'd use to make a hamburger, or two eggs, the amount of cake you'd make to feed a family. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and several other organizations provide handy charts to show the portions for almost every food item imaginable.