Breakfast cup: Difference between revisions

The '''breakfast cup''' is a [[Cooking weights and measures|culinary measurement unit]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is named after a cup for drinking tea or coffee while eating breakfast. 1 breakfast cup is 8 [[fluid ounce|British imperial fluid ounces]].<ref name="fn1">‘[http://spprd.insec.netcopy.thompsonjames.co.uk/article/15th-march-1963/29/consuming-interest Consuming Interest]’, [[Elizabeth David]], ''[[The Spectator]]'', 15th March, 1963</ref><ref>‘Tea Making, My Experiments [1859]’, [https://galton.org/pearson/vol3/new/pearson-vol3b-ch17-1.pdf chapter XVII], page 456, volume IIIB, ''The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton'' (1930)</ref>

Five British culinary measurement units are related to the breakfast cup: the [[Tumbler (glass)#Culinary measurement unit|tumbler]] (10 British imperial fluid ounces),<ref name="fn3">[https://www.victorianschool.co.uk/ebooks/enquire%20within/10766-h/10766-h.htm#p665 Page 665], ''Enquire Within uponUpon Everything'' (1894)</ref><ref>Page 14, ''[https://public-content.library.mcgill.ca/digitization/978-1-926671-88-8.pdf Good Things in England]'' (1932)</ref> the [[Cup (unit)#British cup|cup]] (6 British imperial fluid ounces),<ref>[https://www.victorianschool.co.uk/ebooks/enquire%20within/10766-h/10766-h.htm#p665 Page 665], ''Enquire Within upon Everything'' (1894)<name="fn3"/ref> the [[Teacup (unit)|teacup]] (5 British imperial fluid ounces),<ref>‘[http://spprd.insec.netcopy.thompsonjames.co.uk/article/15th-march-1963/29/consuming-interest Consuming Interest]’, [[Elizabeth David]], ''[[The Spectator]]'', 15th March, 1963<name="fn1"/ref> the [[Coffee cup (unit)|coffee cup]] (2{{sfrac|1|2}} British imperial fluid ounces),<ref>‘[http://spprd.insec.netcopy.thompsonjames.co.uk/article/15th-march-1963/29/consuming-interest Consuming Interest]’, [[Elizabeth David]], ''[[The Spectator]]'', 15th March, 1963<name="fn1"/ref> and the [[Wine glass#Capacity measure|wine glass]] (2 British imperial fluid ounces).<ref>[https://www.victorianschool.co.uk/ebooks/enquire%20within/10766-h/10766-h.htm#p665 Page 665], ''Enquire Within upon Everything'' (1894)<name="fn3"/ref><ref>Page 11, ''[https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1262/7738/126277384.23.pdf The Feill Cookery Book]'' (1907)</ref>