This is one of my favorite cocktails: A perfect balance of sweet and bitter, caffeine, and ethanol.

In 2016, I partnered on a breakfast-inspired burger with the fine folks at Umami Burger. They thought we should come up with a cocktail to go with it — this is what I’d call the “home edition” of that drink.

The secret is the cola syrup, which balances the medicinal funk of the Fernet Branca, a bitter liqueur or “amaro” and quite possibly one of my favorite potable fluids.

The folks at Umami prefer Real Sugar Pepsi, but I’m from Atlanta so I’m pretty sure using anything besides Coke is against state laws.

This recipe first appeared on altonbrown.com.