One gram of ground cardamom is 0.010416667 cups, so converting grams of ground cardamom to cups means multiplying by 0.010416667. That factor is specific to this ingredient — it comes from its density, not from any relationship between the two units.
Water is the yardstick: 1 mL of it weighs 1 g. Ground cardamom comes in at 0.40577 g per mL, or 40.58% of water, which is why a cup of it is 96 g rather than 236.6 g. Volume and weight only line up for water, and only in metric.
A cup of ground cardamom is 96 g when it is measured the standard way, but how it gets into the cup changes the answer: between about 86.4 g and 115.2 g covers the range from lightly spooned to firmly packed. That 20% spread is larger than most of the adjustments recipes fuss over, and it disappears entirely the moment the ingredient is weighed instead.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 1.04% of a cup of ground cardamom, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 5.208 cups, and a 1 kg pack 10.42.
How the figure is arrived at: Expensive enough that the difference between a level and a heaped spoon is worth being deliberate about.
The formula
grams- The amount of ground cardamom you are converting, in grams
0.0104166666667- Cups per gram for ground cardamom, from its density of 0.40577 g/mL
cups- The equivalent quantity in cups
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 0.0104166666667, the cups-per-gram figure for ground cardamom.
- The result appears in cups, with a second reading in tbsp beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
50 g of ground cardamom in cups
Take 50 g of ground cardamom: 50 × 0.010416667 gives 0.520833 cups. Doubling the batch takes it to 1.04167 cups, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
150 g of ground cardamom in cups
150 g of ground cardamom weighs out at 1.5625 cups. Divide 1.5625 by 0.010416667 and you get back to 150 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
500 g of ground cardamom in cups
Take 500 g of ground cardamom: 500 × 0.010416667 gives 5.20833 cups. Doubling the batch takes it to 10.4167 cups, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
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Frequently asked questions
How many cups are in 1 g of ground cardamom?
One gram of ground cardamom is 0.010416667 cups. Half that quantity is 0.00520833 cups and double it is 0.0208333 cups, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of ground cardamom not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Ground cardamom has a density of 0.40577 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 96 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 140.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Yes, and by more than most people expect. Handling changes the weight of a cup of ground cardamom by roughly 20% — about 9.6 g either side of 96 g — because expensive enough that the difference between a level and a heaped spoon is worth being deliberate about. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of ground cardamom the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of ground cardamom weighs 0.4233 oz, so the two readings differ by 57.7%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of ground cardamom would weigh 101.44 g instead of 96 g — 5.44 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
A scale, if the result matters. Volume measuring carries a spread of about 20% for ground cardamom — roughly 19.2 g on a 96 g cup — while a domestic scale is accurate to a gram or two. For anything where the ratio of ingredients drives the outcome, bread and pastry above all, weigh it.
How much does 2 cup of ground cardamom weigh?
2 cup of ground cardamom comes to 192 g, or 192 grams. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the cups-to-grams page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Ground cardamom in grams and cups
| Grams | Cups | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 0.0520833 cup | 0.05208333333 |
| 10 g | 0.104167 cup | 0.1041666667 |
| 25 g | 0.260417 cup | 0.2604166667 |
| 50 g | 0.520833 cup | 0.5208333333 |
| 100 g | 1.04167 cup | 1.041666667 |
| 125 g | 1.30208 cup | 1.302083333 |
| 150 g | 1.5625 cup | 1.5625 |
| 200 g | 2.08333 cup | 2.083333333 |
| 250 g | 2.60417 cup | 2.604166667 |
| 300 g | 3.125 cup | 3.125 |
| 500 g | 5.20833 cup | 5.208333333 |
| 1000 g | 10.4167 cup | 10.41666667 |
Based on 96 g per cup of ground cardamom. One gram of ground cardamom is 0.010416667 cups.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 96 g | 3.39 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 6 g | 0.212 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 2 tsp | 4 g | 0.141 oz | 9.858 mL |
| 1 tsp | 2 g | 0.0705 oz | 4.929 mL |
| 3/4 tsp | 1.5 g | 0.0529 oz | 3.697 mL |
| 1/2 tsp | 1 g | 0.0353 oz | 2.464 mL |
| 1/4 tsp | 0.5 g | 0.0176 oz | 1.232 mL |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.25 g | 0.00882 oz | 0.6161 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dried oregano | 48 g | 1.693 oz | 0.2029 |
| Ground ginger | 86 g | 3.034 oz | 0.3635 |
| Ground cardamom (this page) | 96 g | 3.386 oz | 0.4058 |
| Ground cumin | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground cloves | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground nutmeg | 106 g | 3.739 oz | 0.448 |
| Ground black pepper | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 0.4649 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.