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Kiwa oysters

Kiwa

Yellow Brick Road (exclusive distributor)
📍 Bay of Islands · Northland · New Zealand
SpeciesPacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
SizeSmall · 2.0"-2.75"
MethodBeach-grown (intertidal)
Salinity
MildBriny
Oyster profile
SweetOceanicBrinyComplexCreamyPlump

About Kiwa

Hand-raised in the remote, unpopulated waters of Orongo Bay in Northland's Bay of Islands, a site so geologically unusual that the farm sits directly atop an underwater thermal spring on a natural fault line.

In plain words: sweet, oceanic, briny, complex, creamy, with salt bomb salt.

Where it grows

Harvest region
Orongo Bay, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand
Growing region
Bay of Islands
State
Northland
Country
New Zealand
Yellow Brick Road (exclusive distributor)The farm · 1 oyster on Shucks

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Kiwa oysters: common questions

What do Kiwa oysters taste like?

Kiwa oysters are described as sweet, oceanic, briny, complex, with salt bomb salinity.

Where are Kiwa oysters grown?

They're grown in Orongo Bay, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand by Yellow Brick Road (exclusive distributor).

How salty are Kiwa oysters?

Salt bomb: 5 out of 5 on the Shucks scale. Full ocean. Big brine from start to finish.

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