- 2 cups water
- 2 cups sugar
- peel from 2 oranges
- peel from 1 lemon
- 6 whole cloves
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- Bring ingredients to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let steep 1 hour. Strain syrup into small pitcher; discard solids in strainer. Cover and refrigerate syrup until cold, about 3 hours. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep chilled.)