how many grams in a teaspoon of vanilla extract?

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• How many grams in a teaspoon of vanilla extract?
  About 4.2 g for a level teaspoon. The 35%+ alcohol content makes extract slightly lighter than water by volume. Recipes almost always call for vanilla in whole or half teaspoons (½ tsp, 1 tsp, 2 tsp), so weighing rarely matters — but for a pastry chef converting an old recipe to grams, 4.2 g per teaspoon is the working number.
• Does pure vanilla extract beat imitation in a teaspoon-scale recipe?
  In anything you don't bake — buttercream, whipped cream, panna cotta, frosting on a cooled cake — pure extract is noticeably better because the natural vanillin and trace compounds survive. In cookies and cakes baked above 350°F, much of the aroma volatilizes, so imitation extract performs surprisingly close to pure at the 1-teaspoon scale.
• How much vanilla goes in a single cup of coffee or one mug of cocoa?
  A scant ¼ teaspoon — about 1 g — is plenty for a single drink. A full teaspoon in one mug pushes the alcohol forward and reads boozy rather than aromatic. For a single batch of homemade chai or hot chocolate serving four, 1 teaspoon (4.2 g) split across the mugs hits the right register.

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