Skip to main content
  • Find a Store
  • Journal
← Back to the journal
June 5, 20261 min readTequila 101

Made Without Added Sugars, Flavors or Chemicals

Most tequila is allowed to hide a little something. We don't add anything — and here's exactly why that matters in your glass.

June 5, 2026

By Alex Lacroix

1 min read

Here's a thing most people don't know: under the rules that govern tequila, a brand is allowed to add up to one percent of its volume in extras — sugar-based sweeteners, glycerin for body, caramel colour, oak-flavour extract — and put none of it on the label. One percent doesn't sound like much. In a spirit this delicate, it's the difference between tasting agave and tasting a recipe.

Our whole recipe is agave

Siempre is made without added sugars, flavors or chemicals — third-party verified. What's in the bottle is 100% Blue Weber agave, distilled and rested, and nothing else. No sweetener to round off the edges. No colour to fake a few extra months in oak. No vanilla extract standing in for craftsmanship.

When you taste our Plata and get bright citrus, cooked agave, and a clean mineral finish — that's the highlands of Jalisco, not a flavour house. When the Reposado tastes like soft toasted oak, that's because it actually sat in hand-charred American oak, not because someone poured in a shortcut.

Why hide it, if it's good?

That's the question we kept coming back to. If the liquid is honest, the label should be too. So we get it verified, we say it out loud, and we let the pour make the rest of the argument.

Siempre means always. Always agave. Always honest. That's the whole promise.

More in Tequila 101

Our Tequila

  • Plata
  • Reposado
  • Añejo
  • Rebel Cask
  • Supremo Tahona
  • Exclusivo Muerto

Doing Business with Siempre

  • Trade Inquiries
  • Get in Touch
  • Brand Assets

Explore

  • Find a Store
  • The Journal
  • The Legend
  • News & Stories
  • Tequila Facts

Stay in Touch

Send a request to receive Siempre brand updates.

Submitting sends this request to Siempre with your consent language. See our privacy policy.

Jukebox
La Destilería
Sittin' at the Bar
Games
© 2026 Siempre Tequila
Legal / DisclaimerPrivacyPlease drink responsibly · Enjoy at your local legal age
Siempre Tequila

LEGAL
DRINKING
AGE?

Confirm you’re of legal drinking age to enter.

Finding your region…

Legal & responsibility