The same rain, three lengths. Sadekauha fits most saunas. Mestari is for hot löyly and the Aufguss master's hand. Pitkä Mestari when the stove is far away or the benches are high.
Ships by Thu 26 November at the latest
A ladle for every hand. Soft löyly, any sauna. The rain lands 28 cm from your thumb.
Ships by Thu 12 November at the latest
For hotter löyly and larger saunas. Designed for the hand of an Aufguss master. The rain lands 34 cm from your thumb.
Ships by Thu 12 November at the latest
The same Mestari, 20 cm longer. Heavier to use, but the rain lands 55 cm from your thumb.
Reach is the distance from your thumb to the centre of the rain. Lengths are the overall length of each ladle. FAQ on choosing a size
Suits every hand and every sauna. Start here.
The Sadekauha for every day, the Mestari for hot löyly. Choose the ladle to suit the moment.
75 cm and half a litre. Seven seconds of rain on the stones, and it can be seen from the back row.
“A masterpiece.”
95 cm long. The rain lands 55 cm from your thumb. Heavier to use.
There is a small air hole at the front of the handle. While your thumb covers it, no air can enter the cup and the water stays inside. Lift your thumb, air flows in and the water falls onto the stove as rain.
thumb here
No moving parts. No valves. Just air and your thumb.
Powder coated matte black. Built for heat and for years of use.
Warm and light in the hand, even in the hottest löyly.
Machined. Precise holes give an even rain.
Throwing löyly is the most important moment of the sauna ritual. We wanted the water to reach the stove as a sculpturally beautiful rain, with the person holding the ladle in full control.
We spent five years looking for a more beautiful way to let water meet the stones. We set out to make a ladle no one had seen before: rain that leaves the ladle as a sculpture. The Valeja Sadekauha is our vision of the finest sauna ladle in the world.
Valeja is our contribution to sauna culture, one beautiful gesture at a time.
Valeja comes from the Finnish verb valaa, to pour. It refers to the moment water is poured onto the stones and löyly is born.
The Sadekauha suits every sauna and every hand. The Mestari is a second ladle for hotter löyly, so you can choose the ladle to suit the moment. For sauna masters and Aufguss professionals, the Mestari is a tool that can be seen from the back row. The Pitkä Mestari is the same Mestari, 20 cm longer: for when the stove is out of reach.
The ladles to scale, cups aligned. The circle marks where your thumb sits. The measurement is the distance from your thumb to the centre of the rain.
28 cm
Sadekauha 51 cm
34 cm
Mestari 75 cm
55 cm
Pitkä Mestari 95 cm
thumb on the air hole
Your hand holds the handle and your thumb finds the air hole at its front. On the Sadekauha, the end of the handle rests against your wrist and carries the weight of the cup.
Valeja newsletter
We assemble our ladles in small batches in Jyväskylä, Finland. On the list you hear first when a new batch opens or a new product is released, and you get the story of how the ladle that rains came to be.
