<Dl> <Dd> See also Apothecaries' system . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> See also Apothecaries' system . </Dd> <P> As an unofficial but once widely used unit of Apothecaries' measure, the teaspoon is equal to 1 fluid dram (or drachm) and thus ⁄ of a tablespoon or ⁄ of a fluid ounce . The Apothecaries' teaspoon (formerly tea spoon or tea - spoon) was formally known by the Latin cochleare minus, abbreviated cochl . min. to distinguish it from the tablespoon or cochleare majus (cochl . maj .). </P> <P> When tea - drinking was first introduced to England circa 1660, tea was rare and expensive, as a consequence of which teacups and teaspoons were smaller than today . This situation persisted until about 1710, when the East India Company began importing tea directly from China . As the price of tea declined, the size of teacups and teaspoons increased . By the 1730s, the teaspoon as a unit of culinary measure had increased to ⁄ of a tablespoon, but the apothecary unit of measure remained the same . Nevertheless, the teaspoon, usually under its Latin name, continued to be used in Apothecaries' measures for several more decades, with the original definition of one fluid dram . </P>

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