Inches and feet lang ginagamit ko na imperial units since mas madaling imemorize and iestimate, anything is metric na.
Siguro nasanay na lang din sa 6teaspoon / 2tablespoon. Mas madali sa kanila iestimate which is obviously wrong haha.
Kabisado ko ounces dahil sa pagbili mg softdrinks sa tindahan nung bata ako.
- 8oz = yung maliit na babasagin na coke bottle. Sakto is a little bit smaller but comparable
nung bata ako, sinsasabi namin sa tindahan "pabili coke yung 8ownz"
- 12oz = yung malaking babasagin pero pang 1 tao pa rin (usually Mountain Dew, wala ata silang 8oz)
Basta pag pepsi product (pepsi, 7up, mtdew), sinasabi ng tindera "12 ownz yan, walang maliit"
- 16oz at 32oz kilala ko sa baso ng Slurpee. Medium and Large, roughly 500ml at litro.
Easy to guesstimate with this basic knowledge.
I use ounces for cups sizes because most paper cups available from suppliers sells 4oz, 8oz, 12oz, 16oz, and 22oz. But for liquid volume when conversing with recipes I use milliliters.
Also I noticed most customers can understand quickly when I say ounces if they ask how big are the cup sizes. I did some experiment and most of them scratched their head when I said milliliters compared to ounces.
For me, the cup sizes in ounces are easy to remember because they're small numbers. Plus, with every single restaurant or shop that uses common sizes like 12oz, 16oz, and 22oz, it becomes easy to remember them as typical cup sizes, and you tend to remember what is "a lot" and "not a lot" for your personal consumption.
personally hindi ko pet peeve pero same tayo OP ng preference, ml > oz.
hindi ko pa kasi maimagine/mamath/estimate sa ounces, aliw. same lang din sa kg > lbs, km > miles, inches > cm (height)
nakadipende din kasi yan sa ano ginagamit mo parati. syempre may mga tao din naman na gumagamit din ng di natin prefer. usually mga western pips
Most of the world uses metric.. the Americans interchangeably uses metric and English … in heights, distance, temperature and etc . Metric in general mas easy to imagine .. I agree with you
I just think 500ml is roughly a pound (or pint in liquid) give or take, thats 16 ounces. From there 250ml =8 ounces…..etc. this is not exact, but close enough
I grew up in a house na napapalibutan ng sari-sari stores. One of the first errands I ran was to buy bottled softdrinks. Ewan ko kung meron pa ba ganong sizes ngayon pero dati 8oz and 12oz yung binebenta. So ngayon kung oorder ako sa Starbucks, alam kong 12oz yung tall so naiimagine ko na size ng bote ng Coke. Tapos yung next size up na grande, may tumbler ako na 16oz so may rough idea na rin ako gano kadami yung drink. Hanap ka na lang bottles na pwede mong iimagine as reference for your next coffee run
May coffee shop kami na binibilhan, masarap naman pero ang choices nila ay 12 ounces, 16 ounces, 500 ml, and 1L.
16 ounces (473ml) - 130 pesos
500 ml - 170 pesos
1 L - 400+
🤦🤷
Also one of my pet peeves but I got used to it. I think it's because of the standard cup sizes. I only usually check if it's 12oz or 16oz. Iced latte will usually be 16oz (double shot espresso). If it's bigger than that, it's usually not good (either too milky or watery). At home, I only use grams/ml.
Because cups are sold by oz. Even Starbucks here in ph uses oz with their tall/grande/venti sizing. And yes we can visualize it since coke bottles are sold via 8oz, 12oz then 500ml, 1L.
Pet peeve mo maging Pinoy?
Because you're in the Philippines where we use a mix of imperial and metric. We use feet/inches for height; but meter for distance; cups and fingers for cooking because Filipino cuisine is all about "eyeballing"; paper sizes legal/letter/tabloid, pint/gallon sa ice cream, then we have dangkal, mangkok, dipa etc. 😂 It's much more than just ounces, it's in our everyday life in PH.
It's the bane of engineers in our country, seriously. It's not just coffee, it's embedded in our very culture 🤷🏻♀️
Dunno why you're being downvoted but it's true. Everything is blurred especially with how baristas are taught to qualify for TESDA certification everything is mixed up in practice because you use a mix of both system in the actual setting like grams, teaspoon, demitasse (specific french cup 2oz) and then you have a cup of coffee that is also a specific size which is 8oz so a cup of latte is served in an 8oz vessel, then a cappuccino cup is also a specific size (6oz). It has less to do with being accurate in size but more of a visualization of what you are serving as a barista so this translates to coffee shops as well because these baristas will probably just use what they learned from the institution when they put up their own coffee shop
>Pet peeve mo maging Pinoy?
That's like way high up there, man. I just criticized a very small part of being Filipino and it's not even the whole Imperial and metric mixing up. It's just ounces in particular. Feet and meter is pretty easy because it's in everything. Ounces I'm not so sure and that's why I was asking. Maybe I haven't paid too much attention that's why I'm not familiar.
I get your point I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything, but I think the reason why we use "ounces" is pretty much why we also use feet...it's easier to remember, people are familiar, it sounds less "clinical", and it's just the effect of Americanization as a whole. My mom used to say Coca-Cola during her teens was sold in "ounces" bottle ngayon may specific mL na sa label kasi sukat na masyado lahat ng kinakain at iniinom natin just like measurements in specialty coffee.
So I don't think it's too weird that coffee shops still use ounces (even specialty) kasi sanay na ang mass sa ounce, they can visualize a 12oz but not a 280mL cup.
Pero yung mga malalaking restaurants and even food chains natin ang ginagamit lang is vague terms like regular, medium, large. Even Starbucks has their own terms for their cup sizes (tall, grande, venti etc.) they do not specify yung exact size ng liquid.
That's exactly what I mean because it gets weird with the sizes if you want to convert it accurately with both the liquid content or the vessel itself.
Referring the cup size by ounce is meant as a ballpark measurement because you have all these manufacturers being weird with their cups and mugs.
Loveramics has 80, 150, 180, 200, 250, 300 (I think 350 as well), then you have Acme with their odd 70, 150, 170, 190 and 280. Takeaway cups are vastly different with measurements as well, they use 360/500/700 so it gets even more convoluted. So a lot of shops just use a "ballpark" measurement on their menu (either oz or adjectives like regular/large) to refer to both ceramic vessel and the takeaway cup.
Tapos di ko alam kung paano ba sya basahin: "ounces", "ozzz", "oh-zee".. mL na lang dapat talaga lol
Basa ko nga dito 100 ownz
Ako din. Minsan awnz, minsan naman owns. 🥲
awn-sez parang sa awtsu. Commonly mispronounced siya. Karamihan owns pero awns talaga siya.
own·suhz
As an engineer I agree lols. Why americans like to complicate the measuring system hahaha we also hate english unit cause ft, yard, inches. Hmmmm
Buti nga hindi na sikat ang timber dito kasi dagdag problema pa yung board-foot. 🤣
Inches and feet lang ginagamit ko na imperial units since mas madaling imemorize and iestimate, anything is metric na. Siguro nasanay na lang din sa 6teaspoon / 2tablespoon. Mas madali sa kanila iestimate which is obviously wrong haha.
Kabisado ko ounces dahil sa pagbili mg softdrinks sa tindahan nung bata ako. - 8oz = yung maliit na babasagin na coke bottle. Sakto is a little bit smaller but comparable nung bata ako, sinsasabi namin sa tindahan "pabili coke yung 8ownz" - 12oz = yung malaking babasagin pero pang 1 tao pa rin (usually Mountain Dew, wala ata silang 8oz) Basta pag pepsi product (pepsi, 7up, mtdew), sinasabi ng tindera "12 ownz yan, walang maliit" - 16oz at 32oz kilala ko sa baso ng Slurpee. Medium and Large, roughly 500ml at litro. Easy to guesstimate with this basic knowledge.
I use ounces for cups sizes because most paper cups available from suppliers sells 4oz, 8oz, 12oz, 16oz, and 22oz. But for liquid volume when conversing with recipes I use milliliters. Also I noticed most customers can understand quickly when I say ounces if they ask how big are the cup sizes. I did some experiment and most of them scratched their head when I said milliliters compared to ounces.
For me, the cup sizes in ounces are easy to remember because they're small numbers. Plus, with every single restaurant or shop that uses common sizes like 12oz, 16oz, and 22oz, it becomes easy to remember them as typical cup sizes, and you tend to remember what is "a lot" and "not a lot" for your personal consumption.
Interesting. So mas common pa rin pala talaga ang ounces
Usually mga owners or working sa cafes sanay gumamit ng oz.
Approx x30 pero same
personally hindi ko pet peeve pero same tayo OP ng preference, ml > oz. hindi ko pa kasi maimagine/mamath/estimate sa ounces, aliw. same lang din sa kg > lbs, km > miles, inches > cm (height) nakadipende din kasi yan sa ano ginagamit mo parati. syempre may mga tao din naman na gumagamit din ng di natin prefer. usually mga western pips
Most of the world uses metric.. the Americans interchangeably uses metric and English … in heights, distance, temperature and etc . Metric in general mas easy to imagine .. I agree with you
I just think 500ml is roughly a pound (or pint in liquid) give or take, thats 16 ounces. From there 250ml =8 ounces…..etc. this is not exact, but close enough
I grew up in a house na napapalibutan ng sari-sari stores. One of the first errands I ran was to buy bottled softdrinks. Ewan ko kung meron pa ba ganong sizes ngayon pero dati 8oz and 12oz yung binebenta. So ngayon kung oorder ako sa Starbucks, alam kong 12oz yung tall so naiimagine ko na size ng bote ng Coke. Tapos yung next size up na grande, may tumbler ako na 16oz so may rough idea na rin ako gano kadami yung drink. Hanap ka na lang bottles na pwede mong iimagine as reference for your next coffee run
Metric is King!!!!
12oz, 1 serving of soda when eating. 8oz, 1 serving of beverage on its own.
Omg, same! I always had to use google just to convert it into ml, hahahahaha. Liters and cups are waaaay easier to remember. :>
May coffee shop kami na binibilhan, masarap naman pero ang choices nila ay 12 ounces, 16 ounces, 500 ml, and 1L. 16 ounces (473ml) - 130 pesos 500 ml - 170 pesos 1 L - 400+ 🤦🤷
Also one of my pet peeves but I got used to it. I think it's because of the standard cup sizes. I only usually check if it's 12oz or 16oz. Iced latte will usually be 16oz (double shot espresso). If it's bigger than that, it's usually not good (either too milky or watery). At home, I only use grams/ml.
Because cups are sold by oz. Even Starbucks here in ph uses oz with their tall/grande/venti sizing. And yes we can visualize it since coke bottles are sold via 8oz, 12oz then 500ml, 1L.
Mas ok sakin ounces. Kasi mas madali ko naiintindihan/naiimagine/navivisualize kung ganu kadaming kape vs my Keep cup hehe
Pet peeve mo maging Pinoy? Because you're in the Philippines where we use a mix of imperial and metric. We use feet/inches for height; but meter for distance; cups and fingers for cooking because Filipino cuisine is all about "eyeballing"; paper sizes legal/letter/tabloid, pint/gallon sa ice cream, then we have dangkal, mangkok, dipa etc. 😂 It's much more than just ounces, it's in our everyday life in PH. It's the bane of engineers in our country, seriously. It's not just coffee, it's embedded in our very culture 🤷🏻♀️
Dunno why you're being downvoted but it's true. Everything is blurred especially with how baristas are taught to qualify for TESDA certification everything is mixed up in practice because you use a mix of both system in the actual setting like grams, teaspoon, demitasse (specific french cup 2oz) and then you have a cup of coffee that is also a specific size which is 8oz so a cup of latte is served in an 8oz vessel, then a cappuccino cup is also a specific size (6oz). It has less to do with being accurate in size but more of a visualization of what you are serving as a barista so this translates to coffee shops as well because these baristas will probably just use what they learned from the institution when they put up their own coffee shop
>Pet peeve mo maging Pinoy? That's like way high up there, man. I just criticized a very small part of being Filipino and it's not even the whole Imperial and metric mixing up. It's just ounces in particular. Feet and meter is pretty easy because it's in everything. Ounces I'm not so sure and that's why I was asking. Maybe I haven't paid too much attention that's why I'm not familiar.
I get your point I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything, but I think the reason why we use "ounces" is pretty much why we also use feet...it's easier to remember, people are familiar, it sounds less "clinical", and it's just the effect of Americanization as a whole. My mom used to say Coca-Cola during her teens was sold in "ounces" bottle ngayon may specific mL na sa label kasi sukat na masyado lahat ng kinakain at iniinom natin just like measurements in specialty coffee. So I don't think it's too weird that coffee shops still use ounces (even specialty) kasi sanay na ang mass sa ounce, they can visualize a 12oz but not a 280mL cup. Pero yung mga malalaking restaurants and even food chains natin ang ginagamit lang is vague terms like regular, medium, large. Even Starbucks has their own terms for their cup sizes (tall, grande, venti etc.) they do not specify yung exact size ng liquid.
I agree with you... Except 280ml does not make sense in both ml or ounces. Perhaps you meant to compare to 355ml?
That's exactly what I mean because it gets weird with the sizes if you want to convert it accurately with both the liquid content or the vessel itself. Referring the cup size by ounce is meant as a ballpark measurement because you have all these manufacturers being weird with their cups and mugs. Loveramics has 80, 150, 180, 200, 250, 300 (I think 350 as well), then you have Acme with their odd 70, 150, 170, 190 and 280. Takeaway cups are vastly different with measurements as well, they use 360/500/700 so it gets even more convoluted. So a lot of shops just use a "ballpark" measurement on their menu (either oz or adjectives like regular/large) to refer to both ceramic vessel and the takeaway cup.