Copps Island
From the Norwalk Islands, western Long Island Sound. The Sound's more sheltered end: moderate brine, clean sweetness, firm Connecticut Eastern. Less intense than Fisher's Island or Mystic — different register, not lesser quality.
Fisher's Island
The Sound's eastern terminus, where Long Island Sound meets the open Atlantic. High brine, pronounced mineral character, limited production. One of the strongest Easterns the New York–Connecticut growing corridor produces.
Thimble Island
From the granite-island waters of Branford Harbor, Connecticut. Clean Long Island Sound brine, firm cold-water flesh, and a mineral character shaped by the specific rocky-bottom geography of the Thimble Islands.
Bluepoint
The name that became a synonym for Eastern oyster. The original Blue Point, Great South Bay harvest is largely gone. What remains is a name applied to Long Island Sound product of varying quality — and the genuine article, when you can find it, is still worth seeking.
Mystic
From the clean, cold waters of southeastern Connecticut's Fisher's Island Sound. Assertive Long Island Sound brine, firm cold-water flesh, clean finish. The Connecticut Eastern at its most genuine.
Naked Cowboy
Harvested from the waters of New York Harbor's historic shellfish grounds — where Henry Hudson found oyster beds stretching for miles and where the last beds were closed in 1927.