Pickering Passage
Pickering Passage · Pacific Coast, USA · Crassostrea gigas
The tidal passage connecting Case and Pickering inlets in South Puget Sound — stronger current flow than still inlets gives these oysters a firmer texture and more balanced brine-sweetness ratio than deeper inlet varieties.
Texturefirm
Finishclean
Shellmedium, elongated
Balanced South Sound profile accepts lemon.
Pair with
WA Pinot GrisChablisCraft Lager
Details
Cultivationbottom-cultured · 2–4 yearsWaterSouth Puget SoundAppearancemedium · elongated
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