Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g
There is a brightness at the edges of this one that a lot of everyday ground coffee has had roasted out of it. The mountain on the front is a product name rather than a place the beans grew; what it tells you is the house style, which is clarity instead of clout. Nobody needs to apologise for buying it already ground, and the blend survives that perfectly well. Use water just off the boil, do not let it stand, and it comes out clean, sweet and easy, with none of the grip that makes people put milk in coffee they do not like.
Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, in brief.
Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g is the no-grinder route into the Fuji Mountain blend from the Japanese roaster known here as UCC, the same clean medium roast as the bean pack but already cut for cafetière and filter, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the balanced everyday ground coffee for a household with no grinder in it.
Fuji Mountain is a blend name, not an origin claim; the pack states where the coffee is from.
The trade is straightforward and worth being honest about. Pre-ground coffee loses its aroma faster than whole beans do, because grinding exposes every surface at once and the volatile compounds start leaving from that moment. What you get in exchange is a pack you can open and use, cut at the right grind for the brewers most people actually own. Buy the size you will finish in a fortnight and the trade is a fair one.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Ueshima
Ueshima Coffee Company is a Japanese coffee business with a house style that prizes clarity and balance over impact. That is a different design brief from the Italian espresso tradition most supermarket coffee is built around, and it produces a coffee you can drink several cups of rather than one that announces itself and then tires you out.
Fuji Mountain is the name on the pack, and it is a product name rather than an origin. Japan grows almost no coffee, and Ueshima is a roaster and blender rather than a grower, so the beans came from wherever the current pack states. We are not going to repeat a mountain in a brand name as though it told you something about a farm.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Ground coffee packs often pair an outer of card or laminate with an inner foil liner, and the two rarely go to the same bin.
Our Commitment To The Planet
- Pre-ground coffee goes flat faster than beans, so buying a 200g pack you will finish beats buying a large one and throwing half of it away. Smaller is genuinely the greener choice here.
Getting The Best From Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g
- Water temperature: 94°C. This is the single biggest lever you have left once the grind is fixed.
- Measure: 60g per litre. As the pack ages, go slightly heavier rather than brewing longer.
- Steep: Four minutes in a cafetière, covered, then decant immediately.
- Milk: Takes milk but does not need it. A medium roast can disappear under a large flat white.
- Storage: Airtight, cool and dark, never the fridge, and squeeze the air out of the bag before resealing it.
- Best with: Breakfast, black, or alongside something plain that will not shout over it.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Ueshima
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
With the grind already fixed, the two things left to you with Ueshima Fuji Mountain Groundare the water and the timing. Both matter more with a medium roast than they would with a dark one.
The Cafetière Serve
The Aeropress Serve
Made with this tea
The Straight Cafetière
How to make The Straight Cafetière with Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground.
- 30g Fuji Mountain ground coffee
- 500ml water at 94 degrees
- A warmed cafetière and a jug
- A spoon to break the crust
- Warm the pot and tip the water out, then add the coffee.
- Pour water that has stood off the boil for thirty seconds, wetting every grain in one go.
- Break the crust at four minutes and skim the foam off the surface, which takes most of the fines with it.
- Plunge slowly and decant the whole pot into a jug.
What you'll end up with: A clean, bright, medium-bodied cup that shows the blend the way it was built.
Aeropress, For An Older Pack
How to make Aeropress, For An Older Pack with Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground.
- 17g ground coffee, about two and a half tablespoons
- 220ml water at 94 degrees
- A paper filter, rinsed
- A timer
- Rinse the paper filter and warm the chamber, then add the coffee.
- Pour all 220ml in one go and stir once at fifteen seconds.
- Cap it and press slowly at ninety seconds. A short concentrated brew leans on body rather than aroma, which is what an older pack still has.
What you'll end up with: The best cup you will get out of the bottom half of the bag.
Twelve Hour Cold Brew
How to make Twelve Hour Cold Brew with Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground.
- 80g Fuji Mountain ground coffee
- 1 litre cold water
- A large jar with a lid
- A paper filter to strain
- Stir the grounds into the cold water until every particle is wet.
- Refrigerate twelve hours rather than the usual sixteen, because this pack is cut finer than an ideal cold brew grind and will over-extract if left longer.
- Strain through a paper filter and keep it in the fridge for up to a week.
What you'll end up with: A round, sweet, low-bitterness concentrate, without the woody note a long steep would give you.
Iced Coffee With Lemon Peel
How to make Iced Coffee With Lemon Peel with Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground.
- 150ml strong brewed Fuji Mountain
- A tall glass packed with ice
- A wide strip of lemon peel
- Half a teaspoon of honey, optional
- Sweeten the hot coffee first if you want it sweet, because honey will not dissolve once the drink is cold.
- Pour it over the packed ice in one movement rather than a slow trickle.
- Twist the lemon peel over the surface to release the oil, then drop it in.
What you'll end up with: A long cold coffee where the citrus oil follows the brightness already in the roast.
Coffee Granita
How to make Coffee Granita with Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground.
- 500ml strong brewed Fuji Mountain
- 70g caster sugar
- A pinch of salt
- Cream to serve, optional
- Dissolve the sugar and salt into the hot coffee, then cool it completely.
- Freeze in a shallow tray, dragging a fork through it every forty minutes so it sets in crystals rather than a block.
- Serve scraped into glasses, with a spoonful of lightly whipped cream on top if you want it.
What you'll end up with: A sharp, cold coffee pudding that keeps the blend's brightness rather than burying it in dairy.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Roasted coffee, ground | 100% of the pack contents | Everything in the cup. A medium roast read: clean, balanced, with an evident sweetness and a brightness at the edges. |
| Grind cut | cafetière and filter | Fixed at the factory, so it is the one variable you cannot adjust. It is too coarse for espresso and slightly fine for a long cold brew. |
Pack: Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g; pre-ground for cafetière, filter, aeropress or stovetop. Use within the best-before date, and within about a fortnight of opening for the aroma.
Only the pack contents are shown. Fuji Mountain is a blend name, not an origin claim.
Sourcing & blend. Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g is the pre-ground version of the Fuji Mountain blend, roasted and packed under the Ueshima name, the Japanese coffee house most UK drinkers meet as UCC. The house style prizes clarity and balance over impact, which is a different design brief from the Italian espresso tradition most supermarket coffee is built around, and it produces a medium roast rather than a dark one. Japan grows almost no coffee, so this is a roaster's blend of beans bought in and the origins are whatever the current pack states. Grinding is done at the factory, which is the convenience you are buying and also the reason the pack has a shorter useful life than the whole bean version.
What's in Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g, and what isn't:
- In: roasted coffee, ground, and nothing else in the pack.
- No added flavouring: this is a plain roast, not a flavoured coffee. Any sweetness is developed in the roast.
- Not ground for espresso: the cut is for cafetière and filter. An espresso machine will run it fast and the shot will taste sour.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Ueshima Fuji Mountain Ground Coffee, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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