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It's worth noting that these are cups, the imperial unit of measurement, not cups, the vessels you drink from. Five cups of coffee is two large coffees at most
by kerkeslager 5y ago
It's worth noting that these are cups, the imperial unit of measurement, not cups, the vessels you drink from. Five cups of coffee is two large coffees at most coffee shops.
The confusion the "cup" measurement causes to Americans trying to understand food guidelines is possibly the worst harm caused by our failure to adopt the metric system.
- jkepler 5y agoOr five cups is 13 to 20 demitasse cups [1] if you live in Europe, which would be an enormous amount of coffee! [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demitasse https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demitasse
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoThe coffee you serve in one of those is brewed roughly three times as strong as coffee that is typically served in the US, so it would be roughly equivalent to 5-7 of those diluted with 3-4 cups of water.