Citrus Iced Teas

• 5 tablespoons orange pekoe tea leaves
• Three 2 1/2-inch strips of orange rind
• 2 cups fresh orange juice
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• Sugar to taste
• 3 cups ginger ale
• Eight thin slices of an orange

Pour 4 cups boiling water over the tea leaves and orange rind in a heat-proof bowl and let the mixture steep for 10 minutes.
Strain the tea into a pitcher, add the orange juice, the lemon juice, and the sugar, stirring until the sugar dissolves, and chill the mixture.
Add the ginger ale, pour the mixture into tall glasses filled with ice cubes, and garnish each drink with 1 of the orange slices.
Recipe makes eight Iced Orange Tea drinks.