Russian Iced Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 cups sugar
    2 cinnamon sticks
    4 oranges
    3 lemons
    3 cups pineapple juice
    5 black tea bags
Preparation
    Bring sugar and cinnamon sticks to a boil with one quart of water over medium heat; simmer 20 minutes.
    Remove zest from oranges and lemons, reserve.
    Squeeze juice from oranges and lemons, reserve.
    Remove cinnamon sticks and add fruit juices and zest, cooking 5 minutes more.
    Remove from heat and strain.
    Steep tea bags in 2 cups of boiling water; cool.
    Mix together tea with fruit juices and 2 quarts of cold water.
    Serve cold, over ice.

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