Vegetal Oysters

A small, dark-shelled Prince Edward Island oyster from Thunder Cove, grown for three years. Smooth salinity, tender meat and a pronounced vegetal finish, with some sweetness and a faint nuttiness.

Tumbled Pacific oyster from Hood Canal's Hamma Hama River. Deep-cupped with smooth shells, featuring a creamy, crunchy texture and complex flavor profile of cucumber, crisp brine, and a distinctive sweet-vegetal finish.

Classic East Coast oyster with high salinity and pronounced minerality. Medium-sized with a chewy texture, delivering briny, vegetal flavors and a clean, crisp finish.

The largest of Taylor Shellfish's tide-tumbled Pacific oysters from Washington State. Bold, briny, and savory with a sweet finish, plump texture, and deep cups filled with generous liquor.

The flagship of New England oysters. Briny and buttery with firm meat, vegetal richness, and a distinctive lobster-stock finish.

A mild, sweet Pacific oyster from Orcas Island in Washington's San Juan Islands. Features beautiful purple and green swirled shells, creamy white meat with a distinctive black mantle, and a clean vegetal flavor with minimal salinity. Highly sought after by discerning Seattle chefs.

Slow-growing Pacific oyster from Alaska's glacial Kachemak Bay waters. More briny and umami-forward than typical Pacifics, with crisp texture, cucumber-melon notes, and a clean vegetal finish with hints of nori and green tea.

A Pacific Northwest favorite with Japanese heritage. Full-bodied and meaty with a crisp, nutty flavor, mild brine, and balanced fruit and vegetal notes.

A small, tide-tumbled Pacific oyster from Skagit Bay, Washington. Low in salt, plump for its size, and finished with a clean, lingering cucumber note. The same farm sells its larger grades as Ichiban and Tubby.

Bold Cape Cod oyster from Onset, Massachusetts. Intensely briny with strong vegetal seaweed notes and firm, meaty texture. Grown at Fisherman's Cove with access to massive water flow and nutrients.

Sustainably farmed Peconic Bay oyster with medium brine and distinctive iron-rich minerality. Aquatray cultivation yields clean shells and silky, firm meats with complex grassy sweetness and a buttery, vegetal finish.

A wild Long Island oyster with bold, briny character. Heavy shells, meaty texture, complex mineral and metallic notes with cucumber undertones.

A wild, hand-tonged PEI oyster graded for size and shape. As briny as a Malpeque but bigger and deeper-cupped, with plump meat and a clean, vegetal finish.

Bag-to-beach Pacific oyster from Little Skookum Inlet's nutrient-rich waters. Deep-cupped with plump, buttery meat, mild brininess, and distinctive sweet collard greens flavor finishing with melon notes. Beautiful ruffled purple shells.

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.

A Prince Edward Island oyster from the brackish Souris River, grown in cages for three to four years and harvested through the ice in winter. Plump and firm with a savory, vegetal taste of nori and spring garlic and medium salt.