Best Orange Lemonade Ever

From tasteofhome.com

makes 6-8 servings

4 1/4 cups water, divided
1 c sugar
3/4 cup lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
3/4 cup orange juice (about 4 juicing oranges, 5 other types)
2 tea lemon zest
1 tea orange zest

1. In a small saucepan bring the sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil, simmer for 10 minutes to make simple syrup. Cool.

2. Transfer to a pitcher, add lemon and orange juices and zest, refrigerate for an hour.

3. Add the remaining water, serve.

(to make it extra fancy, serve over ice garnished with lemon slices)