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Lemon Juice: cups to grams
1 cup of lemon juice weighs 244 grams. Use the converter below for any other amount, or check the quick-reference table.
Lemon Juice baseline: 1 cup = 244 g.
Common amounts
| Cups | Tablespoons | Grams | Ounces (weight) | Milliliters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 4.0 | 61 g | 2.15 oz | 59 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 5.3 | 81 g | 2.87 oz | 79 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 8.0 | 122 g | 4.30 oz | 118 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 10.7 | 163 g | 5.74 oz | 158 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 12.0 | 183 g | 6.46 oz | 177 mL |
| 1 cup | 16.0 | 244 g | 8.61 oz | 237 mL |
| 1.5 cups | 24.0 | 366 g | 12.91 oz | 355 mL |
| 2 cups | 32.0 | 488 g | 17.21 oz | 473 mL |
| 3 cups | 48.0 | 732 g | 25.82 oz | 710 mL |
| 4 cups | 64.0 | 976 g | 34.43 oz | 946 mL |
Why measuring lemon juice by cup goes wrong
Freshly squeezed lemon juice weighs 244 grams per cup. Bottled lemon juice (ReaLemon and similar) weighs about the same but loses much of its brightness within days of opening. The flavor difference between fresh and bottled is bigger than the flavor difference between most other 'fresh vs. shelf-stable' pairs in the kitchen.
Practical tips for working with lemon juice
One medium lemon yields about 3 tablespoons of juice (45 grams) and 1 tablespoon of zest. Always zest the lemon before juicing — zesting a juiced lemon is awkward and the yields are smaller. Store lemons at room temperature for a week, in the fridge for a month. Roll a cold lemon on the counter under your palm for 10 seconds before cutting; the cell walls break and the juice releases more completely.
Note from this ingredient's record: Freshly squeezed. The juice from one medium lemon is roughly 3 tablespoons (45 g).
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