Olympia

Puget Sound · Pacific Coast, USA · Ostrea lurida

Copper and smoke arrive immediately, before the sweetness, before any marine note.

Salinity3/5

Sweetness1/5

Minerality5/5

Umami4/5

Texturelean

Finishmetallic

Shellmedium, deep-cupped

Lemon is wrong for an Olympia. The copper and mineral complexity that makes this oyster irreplaceable is precisely what acid collapses. Eat it plain. If a migno

Pair with

Blanc de Blancs Champagne (aged, small grower)Dry Irish or American craft stoutSake (Junmai Daiginjo, cold)

Details

Cultivationrack-and-bagAppearancemedium · deep-cupped

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