Our Oyster
Slow growing, cold water, Atlantic Oyster, farmed in Robinhood Cove on Georgetown Island.
Twice a day the flood tide refreshes their palates with salty cold water rushing into the head of Robinhood Cove from the Atlantic — and twice a day the ebb tide washes over them with an abundance of nutrients drawn from the warmer shallow waters of the food factory marsh at the cove’s bottom.
Our oysters live closer to the marsh end, giving them a distinctively sweet taste.
For both oysters and their farmers, life is good on the Hood.
We fly our oysters day after harvest to your restaurant, home, or office via UPS
Species
Crassostrea virginica aka Eastern Oyster,
Atlantic Oyster, American Oyster
Size
2.5” to 3”
Flavor
Briny start (which can be adjusted to taste by pouring out some liquor) with a very sweet finish (which you cannot, and would not, want to adjust)
Cultivation
3-4 years in floating cages
Shell
Hard, nicely cupped thanks to frequent tumbling
Availability
Year round – No problem in winter as our cove is ice-free; and no problem throughout summer as our water remains very cold
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