This work develops and analyzes the outcome of several practical experiments in order to propose a protocol to measure cement paste properties in a parallel plate rheometer. The observed parameters are: the shear rate, the shear stress, the viscosity and the density. The protocol was developed considering preparation of the cement paste, preservation of the mixture, interval of measurement and shear rate sequence. The rheometer employed was an Anton-Paar rheometer model MCR301 pared with the cross-hatched stainless-steel parallel plates PP25 P2, the preparation protocol of the samples was based on the standard ASTM C305, and the density of the mixture was measured by the procedure UNI EN 1097-7: 2000.