Rooibos tea is a sort of tea with many interesting features among which the most outstanding are the following: it does not contain theine, it has high total phenolic content and high antioxidant potential, because of low tannin status, it does not have distinct bitter taste and it originates from South Africa. The aim of this work was to determine total phenolic content and antioxidant efficiency in samples of rooibos tea of high quality and to find out, with the help of questionnaire, how well do consumers from Slovenia and Spain know rooibos tea and how frequently do they consume it. With the chemical analysis six samples, which contained mixtures with rooibos teas and herbs, one sample of rooibos tea of high quality and one sample of green tea of high quality were evaluated. We prepared the questionnaire about recognition and usage of rooibos tea on website www.1ka.si and the results were analysed with basics statistical tests. Based on the results of chemical analysis we concluded that the samples of rooibos teas with herbs had higher antioxidant efficiency and higher total phenolic content than samples of rooibos tea and green tea, respectively. The differences in analysed parameters were also observed among samples of mixtures with rooibos tea. The correlation coefficient showed that total phenolic content and antioxidant efficiency are strongly related, because higher content of one parameter also means higher content of the second parameter. Results of questionnaire did not show bigger differences between answers of Slovenians and Spaniards. The biggest difference was that the higher percentage of Spanish consumers have heard about rooibos tea and they also consume it more often than Slovenians.
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