Convert Liters to Tablespoons

About converting Liters to Tablespoons

Liters (L) and Tablespoons (tbsp) are both units of volume, so converting between them is a single multiplication: multiply your Liters figure by 67.628. Ten Liters comes to 676.2805 Tablespoons, and a hundred works out at 6,762.8 Tablespoons.

Rule of thumb: going from Liters to Tablespoons multiplies, so the figure always grows — one Liter is already 67.628 Tablespoons. If your answer came out smaller, you have the conversion the wrong way round.

What is a Liter?

The liter is not, strictly speaking, an SI unit — it is merely accepted for use alongside SI, and is defined as exactly one cubic decimetre: the volume of a cube ten centimetres on a side. That pedantic status has done nothing to slow it down, since it is how most of the world buys fuel, milk, paint and soft drinks. Both L and l are accepted symbols, but the capital L is preferred in the United States and increasingly elsewhere, because a lowercase l in most typefaces is almost indistinguishable from the digit 1 — a genuine hazard on a dosage label.

What is a Tablespoon?

A tablespoon in US cooking is three teaspoons, or half a US fluid ounce — a definition tidy enough that the whole kitchen spoon system hangs off it. The trap is international: the Australian tablespoon is 20 mL, four teaspoons rather than three, so an Australian recipe followed with an American spoon falls short on every tablespoon it calls for. It is also worth knowing that a tablespoon as a measure has nothing to do with whatever spoon is in your cutlery drawer. The sets sold for cooking are calibrated; the ones you eat with are not.

To put both in perspective: a large bottle of soda holds two liters, while a tablespoon is roughly a generous spoonful of olive oil.

The converter above updates as you type, and the table lists common values for quick reference. Need the opposite direction? Use the Tablespoons to Liters converter, or browse all Volume converters.