Baking rewards consistency. A small change in flour, sugar, salt, yeast, or another ingredient can change the texture and balance of a recipe. That is one reason many bakers prefer measuring ingredients by weight instead of relying entirely on cups and spoons.Why volume measurements can varyA cup is a measurement of volume. The problem is that the same volume of a dry ingredient does not always contain the same weight.Flour is a good example. It can be: Spooned gently into a cup Scooped directly from a bag Packed down Sifted...
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If your coffee tastes great one morning and noticeably different the next, the amount of coffee you use may be part of the reason.Many people measure coffee by spoonfuls. That is convenient, but a spoonful is not always a consistent measurement. One scoop may be level. Another may be heaped. Different beans and grind sizes can also occupy the same volume differently.Weighing your coffee gives you a repeatable number.Volume vs weightA tablespoon tells you how much space the coffee occupies. A scale tells you how much the coffee actually weighs.That...
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