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As a European, I rarely see "cups" or other imperial measurement except in recipes that were originally from the UK or the US. Spoons are common, yes, especially for the small volumes you refer to. But the overwhelming majority of measurements are a mix of 1) metric, 2) spoons, and 3) absolute quantities like "zest of 1 lemon" and don't include any imperial measurements.
I mean yeah thats true, its almost always a mix of the three but that also means we use cups and spoons just not exclusively.