How to make 1/8 tsp with 1/2 tsp

Wondering how to measure 1/8 teaspoon when you don’t have a measuring spoon that size? Or any other measurement that you don’t have a measuring spoon for? Here’s how to do it.

When she needed a teaspoon or less of something, my grandmother always “measured” it in the palm of her hand.  My mother owned measuring spoons and taught me to use them, but almost never used them herself — again, just measuring in her hand.  And over time, I learned their “eyeball estimates.”

I’m sure, when you read some of these, you’re going to think “that can’t be right.”  Before writing this, I checked the measures against actual measuring spoons.  Sure enough, mom was right.

HOW TO MEASURE WITHOUT A MEASURING SPOON

Even if you don’t intend to use these regularly, you might want to print this out and keep it in case you lose a measuring spoon and it’s a while before you can buy another one . . . or you are in a metric country!

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Anonymous answered

If you don't have a 1/8 teaspoon gauge then fill a 1/4 teaspoon measure and then drop the half from the teaspoon and the remaining amount will be an estimated 1/8 teaspoon.

Or in other words if you are baking or cooking something, then in that sense 1/8 spoon means one or two "pinches" of the ingredient.

Anonymous answered

1/8 (eighth) is simply half a 1/4 (quarter).

Anonymous answered

1 US teaspoon = 4.93 millilitres
1/8 teaspoon = 4.93 / 8 = 0.61625 millilitres