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?
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?
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).
Always ml for me and never mix ml and cl.
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…
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.
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!
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