The propose of this article is to analyze the advertisements that are published in the newspapers in Costa Rica between 1900 and 1930 offering coffee toasted and ground or inviting to consume coffee in public sites. The advertisements are some of the multiple factors that increase the internal consumption of coffee in Costa Rica. Studying the format and the speech that contributes the announcements, it is possible to come near to the impact that they have on the consuming population. The aim is then to study one of the elements that affect the increase of the consumption of coffee in Costa Rica
El objetivo de este ensayo es analizar los anuncios publicitarios que se publican en los periódicos que circulan en Costa Rica entre 1900 y 1930 ofreciendo café tostado y molido o invitando a consumir café en sitios públicos. Este es uno de los múltiples factores que estimula el aumento del consumo interno de café en Costa Rica. Estudiando el formato y el discurso que aportan los anuncios, es posible aproximarse al impacto que tienen sobre la población consumidora. El fin es entonces estudiar uno de los elementos que inciden en el aumento del consumo de café en Costa Rica