by Rosie 
Hot on the heels of Tørst and Konditori, the long-anticipated Budin (114 Greenpoint Avenue) has become the newest addition to Greenpoint’s burgeoning Scandinavian scene.
The Nordic cafe, housed between Manhattan Avenue and Franklin Street, caused a stir in the coffee-world when it opened on Friday by offering a $7 latte, reported to be the most expensive caffeine-fix in NYC.
By the time I popped along on Monday to try it out,…
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The carbon footprint of that latte astounds me. It’s almost as bad as bottled water.