Ground Cinnamon: Cups to Grams
1 cup of ground cinnamon (also called cinnamon) weighs about 125 g, which makes a tablespoon 7.81 g and a teaspoon 2.6 g. Small amounts are easier to measure with spoons than to weigh.
💡 Tip: One teaspoon of ground cinnamon is about 2.6 g. Buy it in small amounts — ground cinnamon loses its punch within about a year.
Ground Cinnamon: teaspoons, tablespoons and cups in grams
| Amount | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1/4 tsp | 0.65 |
| 1/2 tsp | 1.3 |
| 1 tsp | 2.6 |
| 2 tsp | 5.21 |
| 1 tbsp | 7.81 |
| 2 tbsp | 15.6 |
| 1/4 cup | 31.3 |
| 1/3 cup | 41.7 |
| 1/2 cup | 62.5 |
| 1 cup | 125 |
Cinnamon: from teaspoons to a jar
Ground cinnamon is light and fine — a teaspoon weighs about 2.6 g, and a standard 2.5 oz (70 g) supermarket jar holds roughly 27 teaspoons. Most jars are cassia cinnamon, which is bold and slightly sharp; Ceylon, or true cinnamon, is milder and more delicate, though the two weigh about the same.
If you grind your own, one cinnamon stick yields roughly ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
Grams of ground cinnamon in teaspoons and tablespoons
| Grams | Amount | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3/8 tsp | 0.04 |
| 2 | 3/4 tsp | 0.07 |
| 3 | 1 1/8 tsp | 0.11 |
| 5 | 1 7/8 tsp | 0.18 |
| 7 | 2 2/3 tsp | 0.25 |
| 10 | 1 1/4 tbsp | 0.35 |
| 15 | 1 7/8 tbsp | 0.53 |
| 20 | 2 1/2 tbsp | 0.71 |
| 25 | 1/4 cup | 0.88 |
| 50 | 3/8 cup | 1.76 |
| 100 | 3/4 cup | 3.53 |
Ground Cinnamon against the other spices & leaveners
A cup of ground cinnamon weighs 125 g, which puts it 3rd by weight among the 9 spices & leaveners on this site. Its nearest neighbours are matcha powder at 96 g and active dry yeast at 149 g per cup.
That gap matters when you substitute by volume: use a cup of active dry yeast where the recipe wanted ground cinnamon and you have added about 24 g extra — 19% more than intended. Weighing instead of scooping removes the problem.
Ground Cinnamon conversion questions
- How many grams is a tablespoon of ground cinnamon?
- Roughly 7.81 grams. Three teaspoons make a tablespoon, so a teaspoon is about 2.6 g.
- How many grams is a teaspoon of ground cinnamon?
- About 2.6 g per teaspoon.
- How many teaspoons are in a jar of cinnamon?
- A typical 2.5 oz (70 g) jar holds roughly 27 teaspoons of ground cinnamon.
- What is the difference between Ceylon and cassia cinnamon?
- Cassia, the common supermarket type, is bold and slightly sharp; Ceylon (true cinnamon) is milder and more delicate. They weigh about the same.
- How much ground cinnamon does one stick make?
- One cinnamon stick grinds to roughly ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
- How many grams is 2 cups of ground cinnamon?
- About 250 g, at roughly 125 g per cup.
- How many teaspoons is 5g of ground cinnamon?
- Roughly 1 7/8 tsp — at 2.6 g per teaspoon.
- Why do my numbers differ slightly?
- Grind fineness and settling matter at this scale. A finely ground, freshly opened jar packs denser than a coarse or long-settled one, and at teaspoon quantities a small difference is a large percentage.