(Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)
There are two shots of espresso in a grande Carmel Marvel, the sugary and best-selling drink for East Lansing-based coffee house chain Biggby Coffee.
That isn't nearly enough caffeine for Biggby's co-CEO Mike McFall, who started as a barista at the business's first location in the mid-1990s, long before it grew to be a top regional competitor to coffee giants Starbucks, Dunkin' and Tim Hortons.
"I probably drink eight to 14 shots of espresso a day," McFall, 47, revealed in a rare sit-down interview last week inside a Farmington Hills Biggby, sipping his second four-shot Americano of the morning.