Question mainly for non-Americans:
In the context of recipes, when do you prefer ml and when do you prefer cl? Is there any consensus?
I presume that mingling ml and cl is a no-no?
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I prefer mL since it’s what I was taught basic conversions with (like 1 tsp = 5 mL, 1/4 oz = 7.5 mL, etc.). It’s also what soda, liquor, and wine bottles/cans are labeled in (sometimes liters but 750 mL is standard whereas 75 cL is not).
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Always ml for me and never mix ml and cl.
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ml is generally the standard everywhere with some Scandinavian and Northern European countries using cl.
London & Paris predominantly uses ml with a few places in London using oz while Denmark and Germany is mostly cl with a few ml in there.
You are right they are rarely mixed as that’s just unnecessary cognitive load for learning…
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Thanks for all the feedback: this tells me exactly what I need to do.
Here in Paris, I feel cl and ml are used pretty interchangeably. Everyone knows the difference and just converts automatically, as needed. I don’t often see them used together in the same recipe though.
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Definitely ml (or mL, thanks, Frederic). This is the norm, even in post-Brexit UK, when there were suggestions that we should revert back to oz to show we had left Europe.
Of course since I work on absinthe, our quantities could be even less, e.g. splashes, dashes or a rinse!
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ml all the time, but strangely enough, here in Argentina most bartenders are so stucked on oz that some can’t even made the conversion inmediately
I favor mL in all cases except for that gingery drink Sam Ross created a couple decades back. For some reason, I always spec that that in cm³.
I might be an outlier here but i’m from Australia and we use mL
That being said, I don’t have a preference anymore - as almost all drinks literature is written with oz in mind i just ecourage anyone who is new that im working with to get used to making a quick conversion in their head. It all reads the same
I will note that connaught bar book is the only bar book i’ve ever sen mention that tablespoons are a different measurement in Australia (15ml and not 20) and maybe that’s important and maybe it’s not