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<p>Measuring cups and spoons are surprisingly inaccurate. Cups and spoons that should be the same volume often vary a lot. Worse, a lot of inaccuracy creeps into a recipe depending on what is being measured and who is doing the measurement. In our experience, when you’re measuring by volume, the final weight of all the ingredients can be as much as 10 percent off from the true weight of the ingredients. This is often the reason that people find that a particular recipe “fails” when they try to reproduce it—inaccuracies have crept in at every step. Working by weight is both faster and more accurate. After a little practice, you’ll find yourself annoyed when a recipe doesn’t list ingredients by weight.</p>