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Massachusetts

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Varieties

Cotuit

The sweeter side of Cape Cod — grown in Cotuit Bay's warm, protected waters with lower salinity than Wellfleet. Creamy, approachable, and the Eastern that wins over guests who find the bay's famous high-brine oyster too aggressive.

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Duxbury

Massachusetts' South Shore appellation — the cold, protected bay that produced Island Creek, defined a generation of American oyster culture, and continues to grow the clean, moderately sweet, full-brine Eastern that made Duxbury a name people ask for specifically.

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Katama Bay

Martha's Vineyard's shallow coastal lagoon Eastern — sweet, low-brine, and shaped by one of the East Coast's most unusual growing environments, where barrier beach breaches periodically connect a warm lagoon to the open Atlantic.

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Moon Shoal

Cape Cod Bay's tidal-flat Eastern from Barnstable Harbor — current-conditioned, high-brine, and one of the most decorated oysters on the American East Coast competition circuit. A different beast than Wellfleet's salt-pond product.

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Wellfleet

The most famous American Eastern oyster — high brine, strong mineral, and a seasonal variability that makes October Wellfleet one of the most anticipated shellfish events of the year.

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Wianno

From Osterville on Cape Cod's south side. Nantucket Sound waters, moderate brine, sweet mid-palate. The south-Cape alternative to Wellfleet's outer harbor assertiveness.

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Island Creek

Skip Bennett's Duxbury Bay operation redefined American oyster branding in the 1990s. The oyster behind the story — creamy, deep-cupped, built for repeatability — has held up. The most consistent high-quality Eastern available at national scale.