Brand voice handbook For content writers on both lanes, shop staff who serve, and designers

Version 2.2.2 · Incheon, South Korea · 29.09.2026 Based on the Business Idea v2.2.2 and the Brand Design kit

Reference version: this document is the standard for values, positioning, the promise ladder and wording. Any document that differs from it in how things are said is corrected to match this one. Timelines follow the Phase 1 Business Plan v2.2.2.

Speak like someone brewing tea for the whole family, not like someone selling tea.

0 · How to use this handbook

This handbook is not a rulebook to comply with; it is a way for many people to speak in one voice — whether on Lane 1 (the EverWell brand channels, in Korean and English) or Lane 2 (the founder's personal Vietnamese-language channels). The two lanes sound different, but they share one set of values, one promise ladder, one dictionary.

• Lane 1 content writers use sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and the word dictionary.
• The founder and the Lane 2 team use sections 1, 2, 5 and the word dictionary.
• Shop staff who serve use section 1, section 3 (what EverWell is not) and "When a guest asks a hard question".
• Designers use section 8.
• Before posting anything, on either lane, go through the checklist in section 7.

Four words to remember before writing a single sentence: Kind · True · Calm · Warm.

• Kind — what we say harms no one, including those who do not buy.
• True — not a single exaggerated word. If we are not sure, we do not say it.
• Calm — a slow sentence rhythm, no urging, no manufactured scarcity.
• Warm — the voice of a home: grandparents, grandchildren, meals shared together. Calm, but never cold.

1 · Portrait of the target customer

Four groups of people. Whoever you write for, picture that person sitting in front of you. The ratios are estimates, to be rechecked three months after shop 1 opens.

Group 1 · Korean families who care about living well

Picture one person: an adult child aged roughly 30–45, living near their parents or visiting every week. Worried about the grandparents' health but does not want the whole family "living on medicine". The kids keep asking for milk tea. Reads ingredient labels. Needs a meaningful gift that is not cheesy.

What they call themselves: not "healthy eaters", and certainly not "followers of some lifestyle". They are people looking after their family. If the way we speak forces a label on them, they step back.

What reaches them - One cup for the grandparents, one cup for the grandchild — at the same table. - The name of the ingredient, the season, the growing region. - Bodily feeling: warmed up, light in the stomach, sleeping better — told as experience, not as a health benefit. - Weekly/monthly gifts with a story and a clear recipient.

What makes them turn away at once - Religious words, names or symbols at any point of contact. - Promises to cure illness, lower blood sugar, lose weight, "detox". - A preaching tone: should, must, stop doing. - The feeling of being recruited into some group.

Group 2 · Healthy, vegetable-leaning eaters

Picture one person: aged 20–32, studying or working around Inha University. Eats lunch out every day, wants more vegetables but needs to be full and it has to taste good. Cares about packaging, cares about waste. Likes dishes with "cultural colour" — not anonymous fusion.

What reaches them - Seasonal bowls, named plainly: Central-Vietnam-style noodles, Taiwanese-style wellness rice. - "Contains egg · contains dairy · contains garlic" written straight on the menu. They choose for themselves. - Pre-ordering the lunch combo, the 5-meal weekly pack — convenience is a real value. - Green packaging, ingredients labelled with the growing region, every cup giving a little back to nature. - An English menu that reads instantly.

What makes them turn away - Calling a dish "vegetarian" and then it has egg — ambiguity loses them. - Talking about eating vegetables as a trend or a moral stance. - Green packaging that is only for show.

Group 3 · Vietnamese in Korea

Picture one person: an international student, a Vietnamese bride, a worker or a small-business owner — a few years away from home, with an income but few places to talk honestly. Missing the taste of home — the taste of one specific region.

What reaches them - Naming the region correctly: Mekong-Delta-style sour soup, Huế-style noodles. - Being acknowledged that living far away is tiring — no exaggeration, no pity. - Someone who went before telling her own true story, advising no one. - A real monthly meet-up; the community-partner opportunity spoken about properly.

What makes them turn away: a pitying tone; a lecturing tone; community as a ready-made programme instead of a place to drop by; the shop appearing as a sales pitch.

On Lane 1, Group 3 appears as teammates and as the origin of ingredients — not as a "customer segment".

Group 4 · People of faith and good practice

Picture one person: perhaps a Buddhist, perhaps a Christian, perhaps of no religion at all but living by four things — wisdom, compassion, connection, regeneration. Needs no one to explain faith to them. Looking for a place where they can do good, not a place that talks about good.

What reaches them - Deeds, not words: given-forward cups with a public board, growers paid in full, trees actually planted. - The monthly Quiet Hour — a reading corner, a corner to sit still, no one asking what you follow. - Green Volunteer Day — concrete work to lend a hand to. - For Vietnamese devoted practitioners: companions met through closed Zoom and in person — never through short videos. - Quietness.

What makes them turn away: faith used as sales packaging; their religion named on the brand channel; their goodness converted into discount points for themselves.

The One Shared Table rule

Write for Group 1 — but never let Group 4 feel out of place.

All Lane 1 content is written for Group 1 and Group 2. Group 4 can still read it and still feel respected, because what we say is true — just not said in full. Three ways to keep one table shared:

1. Ingredients listed in full — each person chooses; the shop does not choose for them.
2. Values spoken through shared deeds — giving forward, nature, family — never through the name of a religion.
3. Korean members of Group 4 arrive via partners — temples and churches co-host green days and receive given-forward cups. Partner names appear only in the partner's own publications, never on EverWell channels.

2 · The four values EverWell brings — and how to say them

Four values, written in neutral language so that people of faith and of none, Koreans and Vietnamese, all see themselves in them. Each value has three depths: said openly · said once someone has come back · said only when asked. The same truth at different depths — never a case where one group finds it lovely and another feels deceived.

2.1 · Wisdom

Slow down, enough is enough, honour elders, follow nature

2.2 · Compassion

Give before receiving, lift up the weak

2.3 · Connection

Grandparents and grandchildren at one table; those far from home have a place to return to

2.4 · Regeneration

Protect nature, make the land green again

Golden rule of the "when asked" depth: those who are meant to will ask on their own. Speak only when they ask — and answer just the question, no more. Never name a religion, even if the guest names it first.

The promise ladder (both lanes)

Allowed to promise Half-sweet · herbs with a name and a region · made fresh daily · ingredients listed in full on the menu · egg/dairy/garlic clearly marked · a quiet seat · given-forward cups genuinely given, with a board · points become trees, with a quarterly report · prices unchanged by season.

Never promise Curing illness · lowering blood sugar · darkening hair · weight loss · detox · rejuvenation · peace of mind · healing · vegetarian dish (when it contains egg/dairy) · inner peace.

EverWell is a brand name, not a promised outcome. Never write a sentence implying that buying a product means being well forever or happy forever.

On wellness tea and packaged products: every tea, drink sachet and natural cosmetic is spoken of as food and everyday goods. Tell the culture and the origin, not the benefits. Every sentence that touches on health must be approved by the Oriental-medicine advisor — this is both a shop standard and Korean law.

3 · Brand positioning

Outer positioning statement

For public use: signage, social media, shop introductions, first replies to guests

Herbal tea and wholesome meals for the whole family — grandparents and grandchildren at one table, giving one good thing forward together.

Shortened for signs and bios: Wholesome drinks and food for families.

This statement is true, borrows no one's authority, and avoids nothing. The four values are not hidden — they sit inside "at one table" and "giving one good thing forward together", simply not yet named at this layer.

Inner positioning statement

For internal use, with companions, with partners, when asked about meaning

From what nature gives, EverWell nourishes the body, cares for the spirit and spreads a way of living turned toward the good.

We believe that when each person lives more slowly, gives more, sits closer together and keeps the land greener, the world becomes better through wisdom, love, connection and regeneration.

What EverWell is not

4 · Lane 1 voice — the EverWell brand channels

Instagram · Naver blog & Naver Place · short video · KakaoTalk (from M4; subscription from M13) · packaging · the shop. Korean first, English for international students. Opens M2. No first-person "I", no personal face, no spiritual-practice content.

Five content lines

Everything written belongs to one of five lines. If it fits none, it is not yet ready to post.

1. The real cup of tea — half-sweet, herbs with a name; compared with "ordinary milk tea", never with any brand.
2. Honest ingredients — the field, the grower, the harvest season, the journey of one ingredient to the person's hands.
3. One table, two generations — one cup for the grandparents, one for the grandchild; stories passed between generations; gift sets.
4. Wholesome seasonal meals — bowls, lunch combos, weekly packs; dishes from the three regions; ingredients listed in full.
5. Giving forward and regeneration — the given-forward cup board, trees planted, cups saved, green days, Quiet Hour. Told with real numbers and real deeds.

Six writing principles

01 · Tell before you sell. A post is allowed to contain no invitation to buy at all. Step 2 (M4–M10) may invite purchase plainly — still without pushing.

02 · One post, one idea. The second idea keeps for tomorrow.

03 · Name specifics, do not use adjectives. "Đồng Tháp lotus, picked in June" is stronger than "premium ingredients". Adjectives are where untruths like to hide.

04 · Taste and feeling before benefits. Open with "delicious", "warm", "light" — never open with "good for".

05 · No imperative sentences. No do, no should, no don't miss out. "The shop has new lotus tea this week" instead of "Try it now!".

06 · Close with an invitation, not a push. No countdowns, no "only 2 days left", no "limited quantities". A shop whose door is always open has no need to frighten anyone.

Rhythm and length by channel

When a guest asks a hard question (in the shop and in comments)

"Is this shop run by a temple? / By a church?"

"No. We just make wholesome drinks and food for families. Everyone is welcome."

If they ask further, and go deeper — only then say more about the Cup Given Forward. Never name any temple, church or religion.

"Is this dish vegetarian?"

"It is vegetable-forward, and it contains egg and dairy. The ingredients are listed in full on the menu — if there is anything you cannot have, let us know and we will swap it."

Never say "vegetarian" unless it is fully vegetarian. Never say "almost vegetarian".

"What does this tea cure? / Does it lower blood sugar?"

"This is just an everyday tea, not medicine. In Taiwan and Vietnam people often drink this kind in the morning to warm up. If you have a condition, it is still best to ask your doctor."

Never answer with a specific health benefit.

"What is the Cup Given Forward? Who receives it?"

"A guest buys an extra cup and we write it on the board. Whoever needs one comes and takes it, no reason required. At the end of the month the shop sends what is left to a place in the neighbourhood where people are in need."

Do not name the receiving place, do not name the recipient.

"Why so expensive?"

"Our herbs and ingredients come from specific growing regions and we pay the growers in full. That is most of the cost."

State the cost structure, do not apologise, do not compare with other shops.

"Are you vegetarian? What religion are you?"

Answer truthfully, briefly, with your own story. Do not take the chance to persuade the asker. If you are in uniform, keep the answer to one sentence.

5 · Lane 2 voice — the personal Vietnamese-language channels

Facebook under a real name · TikTok · YouTube · closed Zoom. In Vietnamese. Opens M12, once shop 1 has recognition and a stable income stream. The founder speaks under her real name, in her real voice — the "an older sister who went before" voice. Purpose: to nurture companions, the team, community partners and investor trust. Not to pull customers to the shop.

The "older sister who went before" voice

• Tell, do not advise. Tell what you have been through, thought, got wrong. Do not tell anyone how they should think.
• Say "I", call them "you" — or "older sister" when the viewer is clearly younger. Never "we", never speaking on behalf of the brand.
• Acknowledge first, open up after. Living far away is tiring, living between two households is hard — say it accurately, without exaggeration, without pity.
• Warmer than Lane 1, but still Calm. You may laugh, tell long stories, leave a sentence hanging. No countdowns, no calls to action, no "hey everyone".
• The shop is a real place in your life — "today at the shop there was this gentleman…" — not a sales pitch. No prices, no combos, no order links.

Five content lines

Formula for a short video: Ache → Turn → Kind word

1. Ache — name one real difficulty precisely. The viewer must feel "that is exactly what I am going through".
2. Turn — open a different angle, not advice; tell how you once thought about it.
3. Kind word — leave behind one decent thought. No call to action, no leading to the shop, no countdown.

Touch hard questions, do not create arguments. Thorny topics are framed as open questions, leaning to no side; the discussion stays in the comments, and the writer only keeps the atmosphere gentle.

The four values on Lane 2

The same four values as in section 2, but the "when asked" depth is told earlier — because Lane 2 viewers are Vietnamese, understand the culture, and many are searching for exactly that. Two limits still hold:

• No naming religions in short videos and public posts. Say "living slowly", "knowing enough", "giving forward", "keeping the land" — whoever follows what will recognise it themselves.
• Spiritual-practice content only in closed Zoom and in person. There you may speak plainly and use the words of each tradition — but no recording, no reposting.

Boundaries of Lane 2

• The shop is a meeting place, not a place for preaching. Those who are meant to will ask on their own — speak only when they ask.
• Connecting Vietnamese temples with Korean temples, Vietnamese churches with Korean churches begins with greeting and listening; propose something concrete (a green day, given-forward cups) only when there is real work to do.
• Speak about the community-partner opportunity properly: what the work is, what you get, no promising more.
• Measure by private messages, people who join Zoom and come back, people who offer to work together — not by view counts.

Four things never mixed between the two lanes

1. Never repost content from one lane onto the other as is.
2. Never measure the two lanes with the same ruler — Lane 1 by returning guests, gift sets and given-forward cups per month; Lane 2 by messages and people who seek us out.
3. Never bring spiritual-practice content or religious names onto Lane 1 in any form.
4. On Lane 2, the shop appears as a real place — never as a sales pitch.

6 · Word dictionary (both lanes)

Punctuation and symbols

• Exclamation marks: almost never. A sentence that needs an exclamation mark is a sentence trying to persuade.
• Emoji: Lane 1 at most one, only when replying to comments. Lane 2 in moderation, like a real person. Both lanes: no religious symbols, no praying hands.
• All capitals: not used.
• Hashtags: at most five, placed at the end of the post. No religious hashtags, no "vegan/vegetarian" hashtags.
• Giving figures: round numbers, with the update date. "Q3: 120 trees, 340 cups." No percentages, no comparison with last month.

7 · Pre-posting checklist (both lanes)

Eight questions. If even one is still unanswered, do not post yet.

1. Is this sentence true? If challenged, is there evidence?
2. Does it promise anything outside the promise ladder? Is the word "vegetarian" used for a dish with egg/dairy?
3. Are there any imperative sentences, exclamation marks or urging?
4. Are there any words from the "avoid" column?
5. Are there any religious names, temple names, church names or religious symbols — including in hashtags and photos?
6. If Group 4 reads it, would they feel that goodness is being put up for sale?
7. If Group 1 reads it (Lane 1) or someone far from home reads it (Lane 2), would they feel recruited into a group — or led to the shop?
8. Read it aloud — does it sound calm and warm?

8 · Brand identity

Logo

Meaning of the elements

This meaning is internal. Not printed on packaging, not written in introductions. If someone asks, tell it — in the language of the column above, not in religious language.

Four language versions — one brand

Rule: one brand, the same depth in every language. No version is "deeper" than another. No secondary names, no secondary lines anywhere.

On the name 에버웰. A transliteration of EverWell, read e-beo-wel — a name, claiming nothing. All meaning is carried by the slogan, the imagery and the way we serve. Written as one word, never split into 에버 · 웰, never "EverWell (에버웰)" on a sign — pick one version for each context.

To do before filing the trademark with 특허청 (Korean Intellectual Property Office) (M1): LogoKR.png and the Logo EN–KO page in the Brand Design PDF still carry the word 웰빙 — they must be redrawn as 에버웰. The 웰빙 version is not to be used for any purpose.

What not to do with the logo

• Do not stretch, distort or rotate it.
• Do not change its colours; do not place it on a background that kills the contrast.
• Do not place it on a busy photo; if it must sit on a photo, use a white area or a solid dark-green background.
• Do not use the lotus alone in place of the main logo on signage; the lotus serves only as a small mark, a bullet, a divider.
• No drop shadows, metallic effects or glowing outlines.
• Leave clear space around the logo at least equal to the height of the lotus flower.

Slogan

Nuôi dưỡng sức khoẻ — Chia sẻ hạnh phúc 건강을 키우고 행복을 나누다 · Nourishing Health, Inspiring Wellness · 养健康，分享幸福

Used everywhere in public, together with the logo. Not edited, not shortened, no seasonal or campaign variations. A line only carries weight when it does not change.

Four value cards

Wisdom · Compassion · Connection · Regeneration — the four headings in internal documents, partner documents and the full-set shop showroom. On Lane 1 only Connection and Regeneration are spoken aloud; Wisdom and Compassion are shown through deeds. On Lane 2 all four are told, through true stories.

Design

Colours

Colour principle: white is the most important colour. Generous empty space is how the design says the word Calm. Pink is never a large background — it is the lotus flower, not the field.

Type

• Brand name: the soft handwritten style, exactly as in the logo kit. Do not change the font.
• Headings and body: plain, readable type with enough line spacing. Korean uses a light gothic font, not bold.
• Not used: bold gothic, Chinese calligraphy, ornate multi-stroke display fonts, whole paragraphs in italics.

The wave line

The footer wave band is EverWell's own graphic language — water, lotus leaf, the rhythm of breathing. Used at the foot of pages, the base of cups, the edge of packaging. Never as a background for text.

Imagery

Should have - Real photos: ingredients, hands at work, fields, growers. - Two generations in one frame: a grandparent's hands and a grandchild's hands, two cups side by side. - Natural daylight. Backgrounds of foliage, wood, ceramics. - Empty space in the frame. - The given-forward cup board, seedlings, reused cups — shot as everyday life, not staged. - Lane 2: the founder's real face and voice, everyday framing.

Not used - "Zen spa" stock photos: stacked stones, candles, flowers floating on water. - Buddha statues, crosses, incense smoke, bells and wooden fish, prayer beads, scenes of prayer — in any public photo on either lane. - Heavily colour-graded, high-contrast, oversaturated photos. - Before-and-after body photos. - Photos of people receiving given-forward cups. - Recordings of closed Zoom or in-person meetings of devoted practitioners.

Packaging

• Simple, little plastic, reusable where possible.
• Mandatory: the growing region's name, full ingredients, egg · dairy · garlic marks where present.
• One QR code leading to the story of the land.
• No benefits printed in any form.
• Gift sets: include a blank card for the giver to write themselves; the shop does not write the message for them.

9 · Who keeps the voice

A voice is also a way of living honestly. Say exactly what you can do, and do exactly what you have said.

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