Madrina’s Multicultural Brands introduced two new flavors: Café con Leche and Mango.

The Boston Beer Co. added a new stout variety to its line of winter beers.

Harney & Sons Fine Teas created a new beverage based on a popular Chinese drink called yuangyang, which mixes black tea with milk and coffee.

Downers Grove, Ill.-based Sara Lee Corp. announced the sale of a majority of its North American foodservice coffee and tea operations to The J.M. Smucker Co., Orrville, Ohio, for $350 million.

Paid Inc. launched Rockin’ Coffee, an organic artisanal specialty coffee brand that offers organic, fair trade Arabica coffee blends.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR), based in Waterbury, Vt., has chosen Isle of Wight County, Va., as the future home of its new manufacturing and distribution facility.

Reunion Island Coffee is bringing back its annual limited-edition Holiday Blend for the holiday season.

Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle, announced that since the launch of its mobile payment technology in January, there have been 26 million mobile transactions to date. In the first nine weeks of the program, there were 3 million transactions, and in comparison for the nine-week period starting in October, there were 6 million transactions, demonstrating a significant jump in customer adoption and use.

The economic downturn caused many consumers to cut back across categories, but coffee consumers have found new ways to enjoy their cup of joe. Approximately 79 percent of adults in the United States drank coffee in the last two years, according to Chicago-based Mintel Group Ltd.’s October Coffee report. However, 48 percent of coffee drinkers surveyed said they are drinking more coffee at home and less away from home in 2011 than they were a year ago — a trend that Mintel predicts will continue to drive retail coffee sales through 2012.

Previously available online only, Gevalia coffee will be available in retailers in the United States for the first time in January through Kraft Foods Inc.