how many grams in a teaspoon of olives?

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• How many grams in a teaspoon of chopped olives?
  Roughly 3 g for finely chopped, drained olives. That's about half a medium Kalamata or one small Niçoise minced. At this scale, brine matters: a teaspoon of wet olive bits can carry enough salt to season a tablespoon of vinaigrette on its own, so taste before adding more salt elsewhere in the dressing.
• Why would a recipe call for olives by the teaspoon?
  Vinaigrettes, compound butters, and finishing condiments — anywhere you want the briny note without chunks. A teaspoon of minced Kalamata stirred into lemon-and-oil dressing turns it Mediterranean without overpowering. Spreads like whipped feta or labneh also use teaspoon-scale olive accents so the olive reads as seasoning rather than a topping.
• Can I substitute olive paste teaspoon-for-teaspoon?
  Olive paste is more concentrated — denser and saltier — so use about two-thirds of a teaspoon of paste for every teaspoon of chopped olives the recipe calls for. The 2.96 g figure assumes loose, chopped flesh with air gaps; paste runs closer to 5 g per teaspoon and packs roughly double the flavor by weight.

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