Refreshing Oysters

14 oysters with this flavor profile

Refreshing oysters

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Basket Island

US East Coast

A quintessential Maine oyster from Casco Bay. Medium to large size with classic Northeast salinity, firm texture, and balanced brininess. Clean and refreshing with a perfect cup size.

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Carlsbad Blonde

US West Coast

Southern California's signature oyster from Carlsbad's Agua Hedionda Lagoon. Grown in suspended culture with distinctive glassy, striped shells. Strongly briny with refreshing melon and cucumber notes, balanced between briny and sweet.

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Colonial Cocktails

US East Coast

Exceptional Maine oyster from South Bristol's Johns River. Stupendously sweet and briny with a surprisingly fruity flavor rarely found in East Coast oysters. Grown by Dave Cheney in classic Pemaquid Light territory.

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Denman Island

Canada West Coast

Clean, delicate Pacific oyster from Baynes Sound, BC. Sweet and balanced with moderate brine, firm texture, and a distinctive cucumber finish with hints of watermelon.

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Dodge Cove

US East Coast

A Maine institution from the Damariscotta River. One of Maine's first farmed oysters, featuring a distinctive sweet-and-sour citrus flavor with bright lemon notes, restrained brine, and rare dappled pastel shells.

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Eros

US East Coast

A slow-grown Maine oyster from floating cages in Robinhood Cove on Georgetown Island. A briny start gives way to a very sweet finish, in a hard, well-cupped shell.

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Hurricane Island

Canada East Coast

Hand-harvested from the cold, clean waters of Nova Scotia's Northumberland Strait. Small to medium oysters with intense brininess, firm crisp texture, and a notably sweet finish.

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Komo Gway

Canada West Coast

Beach-grown Pacific oyster from Baynes Sound on Vancouver Island. Clean, briny flavor with firm texture, subtle cucumber notes, and a slightly sweet finish. Harvested from the traditional territory of the K'ómoks First Nation.

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Norumbega

US East Coast

Robust, meaty oysters from Maine's fabled Damariscotta River. Hand-harvested by scuba divers after 2-3 years bottom-planted. Sweet, buttery opening transitions to refreshing brininess with firm texture and beautiful deep cups.

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Pebble Cove

US West Coast

A responsibly farmed Pacific oyster from northern Puget Sound's Admiralty Inlet. Medium-large with firm, crisp meats, balanced brininess, and a distinctly sweet, refreshing finish with melon notes.

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Samish Bay

US West Coast

Beach-cultured Pacific oyster from historic Samish Bay in Northern Puget Sound. Firm, plump meats with medium brininess, mild sweetness, and a distinctive refreshing cucumber finish. Rustic lichen-green shells.

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Treasure Cove

US West Coast

Premium Pacific oyster from Case Inlet in Southern Puget Sound. Deep-cupped with plump meat, offering a distinctive sweet-salty balance with crisp brininess and an intensely sweet, clean finish.

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Perky Sea Cups

US East Coast

A farmed Charleston oyster from Green Creek, off the Stono River between Johns and James islands. Salty first, then vegetal and buttery with a mineral freshness, in a thick deep-cupped shell ridged in mahogany and cream.

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Southern Salts

US East Coast

A North Carolina oyster grown in floating gear near the mouth of the New River at Sneads Ferry. Savory and briny, which the farm compares to a dirty martini, with an earthy note and a smooth finish.