How much water is equivalent to a 'cup' ?

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  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    SrJoben wrote: »
    Which weighs more, a cup of gold or a cup of feathers?

    A cup of gold because cups are a measurement of volume not weight.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    sheepotato wrote: »
    A cup of water in the US is typically 8oz of water, or 236ml or 0.24 liters.

    The 8 'glass' goal is around 1.9 liters total.
    In the US.... In the metric world, a cup is 250ml......
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    sheepotato wrote: »
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    You're kidding, right?

    People outside of the US don't use 'cups' as a form of measurement, this question comes up every now and then.

    I'm in Australia and regularly use cups as measurements

    Yep....the rest of the world do.....it's not an exclusive USA right.....
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    My water cup that I use at work is 22 ounces. I refill it constantly throughout the day. I'm pretty sure I drink around 170-240 ish ounces each day.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    SnuggleSmacks wrote: »
    My water cup that I use at work is 22 ounces. I refill it constantly throughout the day. I'm pretty sure I drink around 170-240 ish ounces each day.

    This is handy to know. I'll make a note.
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    astrampe wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    sheepotato wrote: »
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    You're kidding, right?

    People outside of the US don't use 'cups' as a form of measurement, this question comes up every now and then.

    I'm in Australia and regularly use cups as measurements

    Yep....the rest of the world do.....it's not an exclusive USA right.....

    I had no idea there was such a thing as an metric cup until today. I didn't say that to be insulting or anything. I said it because MFP is based in the US and uses the customary as a measurement of water, and was explaining why someone who does not use the customary measurement system (IE someone who does not live in the US, Liberia or Myanmar) would ask what it's equivalent would be.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    the different cups are actually quite an interesting thing.

    If I had more time I'd be motivated to research the history of such things. This is culture that interests me.
  • myfelinepal
    myfelinepal Posts: 13,000 Member
    sjohnny wrote: »
    protective_cup.jpg

    That's not gonna help it has holes in it.

    A nice D cup bra is the right size to hold water.
  • swbenbow
    swbenbow Posts: 87 Member
    The FA Cup?

    Seriously - I had to google how many ml in a cup. I am used to measuring in ML, and was trying to work out how many "glasses" of water I needed to drink at work to make sure I was getting enough to drink. The glasses at work are not cup shaped, so it was a very valid question.

    BTW - I also do not drink Tea or Coffee, so thinking about a "cup" of liquid was also a bit alien to me.
  • Th3Ph03n1x
    Th3Ph03n1x Posts: 275 Member
    Don't let it get to you sometimes people complain or poke fun just to have something to say. That may be where "Silence is golden" came from. :)

  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Th3Ph03n1x wrote: »
    Don't let it get to you sometimes people complain or poke fun just to have something to say. That may be where "Silence is golden" came from. :)

    mmmm, golden showers of silence.
  • IllMurray
    IllMurray Posts: 3 Member
    MakePeasNotWar wrote: »
    I've never understood why cookbooks always use 250ml as equivalent to a cup, when 240 is divisible by 8 and closer to the actual volume anyway (236). It makes no sense; no one uses 1/5 of a cup, why round it to such an inconvenient number?


    Maybe that's why I don't cook.


    No, wait, it's because I'm lazy.

    Because people using metric will see 250ml as a more sensible amount to measure, because we start with ml and see converting to cups as much a mild annoyance
  • sgthaggard
    sgthaggard Posts: 581 Member
    My cup holds 2.15 gallons of water or, depending on my mood, 23 beers.

    Stanley-Cup_zpsyrgzomya.jpg
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    edited March 2015
    mollymorgan7 wrote: »
    Hi can anyone help me with this question please? How much water do they measure as being in one 'cup' ? Thank you

    Who are they?
    What unit of measurement do you want the answer in?

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit)

    For US based sites that say you should drink so many cups of water a day they probably mean 8 oz cups.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    sjohnny wrote: »
    protective_cup.jpg

    #you'redoingitwrong

    LMAO - I nearly spit my tea all over my screen!
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