savor
noun
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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I should have been savoring the first official nice day of spring; instead, I was driving an hour out of my way down Route 15.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 3, 2018